State Ex Rel. Bateman v. Zachritz

By the Court.

The sole question presented is whether a majority vote or a two-thirds vote of council is required for passage of the resolution of cooperation with the federal Government under the plan submitted to and disapproved by the planning commission. If the commission had no power to act, then a majority vote of council was sufficient.

Cincinanti is a charter city and the authority for the planning commission is found in Sections 2, 3 and 5 of Article VII. Section 5 reads as follows:

“Whenever the commission shall have made a plan of the city or any portion thereof, no public building,…