concluding that an ordinance limiting a mayor to two consecutive terms was not irreconcilable with a statute providing that a mayor shall be eligible for reelection
How later courts described this case
- concluding that an ordinance limiting a mayor to two consecutive terms was not irreconcilable with a statute providing that a mayor shall be eligible for reelection
- reversing dismissal of municipality's declaratory judgment action and holding that ordinance limiting office of mayor to two terms was valid exercise of municipal authority and did not conflict with state statute
- recognizing that a legislative enactment which “dilutes the vote of any segment of the constituency” will violate Article I, Section 5
- restating that when an ordinance conflicts with a statute, the municipal will must be respected unless conflict between the statute and ordinance is irreconcilable
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
LARSEN, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent and in support thereof cite the opinion in this case of the Court of Common Pleas of Northamption County, No. 1985-C-345, authored by the Honorable Richard D. Grifo.