§ 2-972. Residence of employees.

The following conditions regulating residence shall apply to all nonelected city employees:

(1)

Employment preference. Preference for employment shall be given to residents of the city for all positions in the classified service.

(2)

Applicants. Applicants for employment with the city, who are nonresidents at the time of appointment, shall establish residence inside the city limits within nine months after the date of appointment. In the discretion of the director of human resources, persons who, at the time the nine months expires, have entered into a contract to purchase a residence for their use and who are prepared to move in within a reasonable time not to exceed six months may be deemed to have met this requirement.

(3)

Workplace exception. Any employee whose work is of such a nature that he spends 75 percent of his work time outside the city limits shall be exempted from this residence requirement.

(4)

Residence defined. Residence is defined as the place where a person has his true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning. A person satisfies the residence requirement if a portion of the lot or the parcel of land on which his residence is located is within the city limits.

(5)

Change of residency forfeiture. Any employee who has established a residence within the city limits and who subsequently moves his place of residence outside the city limits shall forfeit his position of employment with the city.

(6)

Failure to comply forfeiture. Nonelected employees of the city failing to comply with the provisions of this section will be dismissed from the municipal service forthwith.

(7)

Rules authorized. The director of human resources is authorized to promulgate rules on residence consistent with this article, subject to city manager approval.

(8)

Limited application of definition. This article defines residence for city employment purposes only.

(9)

Involuntary transfer of employment MAST—Exception. City employees who were employed by the Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust (MAST) when ambulance services were transferred from MAST to the city on April 25, 2010, and who were living outside the city at the time of transfer may continue their residency at the location outside the city. Should the employee either voluntarily move his or her residence or transfer from a non-firefighter position in the classified service to the position of firefighter or to any position outside of the fire department, the employee shall comply with the requirements of this section.

(Admin. Code 1967, § A7.2; Ord. No. 33360, 12-9-66; Ord. No. 971285, § 3, 9-18-97; Ord. No. 981023, § 1, 9-3-98; Ord. No. 021200, § 1, 10-17-02; Ord. No. 090233, § 1, 4-2-09; Ord. No. 130240, § 1, 4-11-13)