State ex rel. Edwards Land Co., Ltd. v. Delaware Cty. Bd. of Elections

{¶ 47} This case involves the interplay between the people’s paramount right of referendum, the limited 30-day period in R.C. 519.12(H) to exercise that preeminent right to challenge a township zoning amendment, and the duty of the board of township trustees to promptly prepare, file, and maintain minutes of its meetings in the seemingly unique circumstance in which the board chooses not to issue written resolutions or ordinances for these zoning amendments. Because the majority misunderstands the interaction between the people’s right and the township’s duty, grants the requested…