Sofran Corp. v. City of Greensboro

WHICHARD, Justice.

This appeal arises from the reconsideration by the Greensboro City Council on 1 May 1989 of a zoning ordinance originally approved and adopted on 17 April 1989. Subsequently, petitions were filed calling for the repeal of the ordinance or a referendum thereon, a form of challenge to ordinances authorized by the Greensboro City Charter. We hold that because the ¡ referendum petition was not filed within the time limitations mandated by the charter, the City Council was not compelled to consider repeal of the zoning ordinance, the target of the petitioners’ protest. Further,…