(A) To be eligible for an elective city office, a person must be a qualified elector within the meaning of the state constitution and have resided in the city during the past year immediately preceding their election. For purposes of this division, CITY means the area included in the corporate limits as of the date of the election.
(B) To serve as an Alderman elected from a ward, the candidate must have resided within the ward he or she seeks to represent for six months immediately preceding the last day available for filing for election or appointment and must continue to reside in the ward throughout his or her term of office.
(C) Removal of an officer’s principal residency from the city or from the area he or she represents shall create a vacancy in the office for which elected, to be filled in the manner other vacancies in that office are filled.
(D) No city employee or appointive officer may serve on the City Council.
(E) A city office holder may not be in arrears in payment of any tax or any other indebtedness to the city.
(F) Except as otherwise provided in the Charter, the Council is the final judge of the qualifications and election of its own members.
(Ord. 568a, passed 3-18-91)