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Residents say protest petition and referendum effort challenges recent zoning vote; attorneys debate whether amendment was administrative
Summary
Public commenters told the commission a protest petition and a circulating referendum seek to overturn a recent zoning-ordinance amendment or concept-plan vote. Speakers argued that state law allows protest petitions for ordinance amendments and that last week's vote did not meet the two-thirds threshold the petition requires.
Several residents used the public-comment period to press the commission to reconsider a recent zoning-ordinance amendment and to recognize a protest petition and a referendum circulation effort tied to a private development concept.
At the start of the meeting, resident Mr. Anderson (435 Edgemere Drive SE) told commissioners a "valid protest petition" had been filed on behalf of city residents and said the city attorney had opined the petition was invalid because it allegedly applied to administrative decisions and lacked required information. Anderson urged the…
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