Creighton

Appellants Roger Creighton and others appeal from the judgment denying their petition for writ of mandate (Code Civ. Proc., § 1085) by which they sought to compel respondent Kathleen Reviczky, City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, to file and process a referendum petition. We affirm the judgment.

Facts

On June 26, 1984, the Hermosa Beach City Council adopted ordinance number 84-751, entitled: “An Ordinance of the City of Hermosa Beach Which Adopts a Specific Plan to Regulate Development in the Downtown Area Between 15th and 13th Streets and the Strand and Hermosa Avenue as Indicated on Exhibit 1 Map and Legally Described in Exhibit 2.” The body of the ordinance set forth a plan for construction of a hotel/convention center complex in the affected area, including development standards, conditions of project approval, and provisions concerning alteration of public streets and amendment of the local coastal plan, as well as enactment of a development agreement and appropriate conditional use permit.

On July 24, 1984, appellants presented their petition, requesting the city council to repeal or submit to the voters ordinance number 84-751, to the respondent city clerk…