Is a rezone ordinance subject to the referendum process in the City of Olympia ?
No. This specific issue was the subject of a court case, Leornard v. Bothell, 87 Wn.2d 847 (1976). Although the court considered a site-specific rezone to be an administrative action, it held that the authority to adopt and modify the zoning code in a code city had been given by the state legislature to the City Council and so a site-specific rezone is not subject to the power of referendum.
