(a) City employees are required to reside within the United States of America as a condition of employment.
(b) City employees are not required to reside within the city limits as a condition of employment. This subsection (b) does not prohibit the establishment of such a residency requirement for:
(1) The mayor, a city council member, a candidate for mayor or a candidate for city council member.
(2) The city manager, city attorney, city secretary, city auditor, parking bureau hearing officer or judges of the municipal courts.
(c) City employees who reside outside the city limits and are subject to being called to respond to a civil emergency are required to reside at a location which allows them to respond to such an emergency within 30 minutes from the time the call is received. The response time shall be measured by the time required for the employee to travel from their residence to the emergency by automobile at posted speed limits in ordinary weekday traffic.
(d) Subsection (c) above shall not apply to city employees who reside outside the city limits and were hired on or before April 1, 1992. Such employees who are subject to the emergency response time requirement shall meet the requirements of subsection (c) above within six months after they are hired.
(e) When the city manager must fill a position which is subject to the response time requirements of subsection (c) above but is not reasonably able to find a person who meets such requirements, the city manager may grant an exception therefrom. Such exception must be in writing and signed by the city manager, and maintained in the employee’s personnel file.
(Ord. 11921, § 2 (14), passed 4-18-1995)