Krejci v. City of Saratoga Springs

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

¶ 1 This case presents an important constitutional question we recently reserved without resolving — whether site-specific rezoning is legislative action subject to referendum. See Carter v. Lehi City, 2012 UT 2, ¶ 75 n. 52, 269 P.3d 141. We now answer that question in the affirmative.

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¶ 2 Capital Assets Financial Services owns approximately twelve acres of property within the City of Saratoga Springs. In 2012, Capital Assets asked the city council to rezone its property from a low density to a medium density residential zone. Capital Assets requested the…