State ex rel. Ditmars v. McSweeney

Relator, David Ditmars, is a resident of the city of Columbus, Ohio, and is a member of a petitioning committee that was formed to circulate an initiative petition. The initiative petition contains a proposed ordinance entitled “Ordinance to Protect and Preserve the Big Darby Watershed.”1 The proposed ordinance provides that for five years after the ordinance becomes effective, Columbus may not permit within the Big Darby watershed (1) any extension of an existing, or construction of any new, public drinking-water delivery system or public sewer system; (2) any extension of an existing, or…