State ex rel. Harris v. Rubino (Slip Opinion)

I. INTRODUCTION

{¶ 1} This expedited elections case involves an initiative petition proposing an ordinance that would amend the city of Solon's zoning map to create the Kerem Lake Mixed-Use District. Relators, Mark A. Harris, Richard N. Haig, Jacqueline L. Kogan, Cheryl L. Davis, and Travis Lane Maggard, are the five members of the petition committee. The committee seeks a writ of mandamus (1) ordering respondent Solon Director of Finance Matt Rubino (or in the alternative, respondent Solon city council) to certify the sufficiency and validity of the initiative petition to respondent Cuyahoga…