(a) As used in this Section, “residence” or “residing” shall be defined as the actual bonafide domicile of an individual where he or she normally eats, sleeps and maintains personal and household effects.
(b) All employees of the City of Bellefontaine shall be legal residents of the State of Ohio.
(c) All persons now employed by the City of Bellefontaine residing within sixty (60) miles of the corporate bounds of the City of Bellefontaine, shall continue to maintain their place of residence within sixty (60) miles of the corporate bounds of the City of Bellefontaine, at all times during their continued service as an employee of the City of Bellefontaine.
(d) Any new employee of the City of Bellefontaine shall within one (1) year after employee’s hiring date, establish an actual and bonafide permanent residence within sixty (60) miles of the corporate bounds of the City of Bellefontaine.
(e) Any City of Bellefontaine employee who, as of the date of passage of this section, lives outside of a sixty (60) mile radius of the corporate bounds of the City of Bellefontaine, and who moves their residence, shall move their residence within sixty (60) miles of the corporate bounds of the City of Bellefontaine and shall maintain thereafter an actual and bonafide permanent residence within sixty (60) miles of the corporate bounds of the City of Bellefontaine, so long as employed by the City of Bellefontaine.
(f) Any violation of the residency requirements as herein set forth or any deliberate and/or willful misinformation provided to the City of Bellefontaine as to residency shall be considered just cause for removal, discharge, suspension or lay off by the appointing authority.
(Ord. 21-72. Passed 11-23-21.)