The election of the Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer and Aldermen shall be staggered as follows:
(A) The city shall be divided into seven compact and contiguous wards of approximately equal population, consistent with relevant city internal boundaries and applicable law and the membership of the City Council shall be seven Aldermen, with one Alderman to be elected from each ward, for a term of four years. The election for Alderman shall take place every two years, at the odd-numbered year April consolidated election. The Aldermen of wards 2, 4 and 6 shall be elected at the same consolidated election. The Alderman of wards 1, 3, 5 and 7 shall be elected two years thereafter at the next odd-numbered year April consolidated election. The Aldermen shall be elected from each of their respective wards each for a term of four years.
(B) The Mayor, City Clerk and City Treasurer shall be elected with the Aldermen of wards 2, 4 and 6 at the same consolidated election every four years.
(C) At the election of Aldermen from election wards, each elector shall vote for one Alderman from the elector's respective ward at the primary election, if any, and at the consolidated election. At the election of the Mayor, City Clerk and City Treasurer, one candidate for Mayor, one candidate for City Clerk and one candidate for City Treasurer shall be voted for by each elector at the primary election, if any, and at the consolidated election.
(D) The city election wards shall be designated as Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 3, Ward 4, Ward 5, Ward 6 and Ward 7, respectively. The seven city election wards shall be comprised of the geographic locations described as follows:
(1) Ward 1. Beginning at the intersection of the municipal boundary and Cicero Avenue at approximately Knottingwood Avenue, then easterly, northerly and easterly along the municipal boundary to Interstate 57, then southerly and westerly along the municipal boundary to Central Avenue and the municipal boundary, then northerly on Central Avenue and municipal boundary to Lockwood Avenue, then south on Lockwood Avenue to 170th Place, then east on 170th Place to Thackery Street and Thackery Street extended, then south on Thackery Street and Thackery Street extended to the municipal boundary, then westerly on the municipal boundary to Lockwood Avenue and the municipal boundary, then southerly, easterly, northerly and westerly on the municipal boundary to Hawthorne Road extended, then northeast on Hawthorne Road extended and Hawthorne Road to Laramie Avenue, then north on Laramie Avenue to Elmwood Road, then east on Elmwood Road to LeClaire Avenue, then north on LeClaire Avenue to 167th Street, then east on 167th Street to Cicero Avenue, then north on Cicero Avenue to the place of beginning.
(2) Ward 2. Beginning at 155th Street and Long Avenue, then south on Long Avenue to the eastern edge of Central Park and continuing south on the eastern edge of Central Park and the eastern edge of Central Park extended to Long Avenue, then south on Long Avenue to 159th Street, then east on 159th Street Cicero Avenue, then south on Cicero Avenue to 167th Street, then west on 167th Street to LeClaire Avenue, then south on LeClaire Avenue to Elmwood Road, then west on Elmwood Road to Laramie Avenue, then south on Laramie Avenue to Hawthorne Road, then southwest on Hawthorne Road and Hawthorne Road extended to the municipal boundary, then west and north on the municipal boundary to Thackery Street extended and Thackery Street, then north on Thackery Street to 170th Place, then west on 170th Place to Lockwood Avenue, then north on Lockwood Avenue to Lockwood and the municipal boundary, then northly and westerly on the municipal boundary to Peggy Lane, then north on Peggy Lane to Independence Avenue, then east on Independence Avenue to Central Avenue, then north on Central Avenue to Aldeline Place, the east on Aldeline Place to Natalie Drive, then north on Natalie Drive to 155th Street, then east on 155th Street to the place of the beginning.
(3) Ward 3. Beginning at the intersection of 151st Street and Kenton Avenue at the municipal boundary, then south and east on the municipal boundary to 159th Street and the municipal boundary, then west on 159th Street to Long Avenue, then north on Long Avenue and on the eastern edge extended of Central Park and eastern edge of Central Park to 155th Street, to Long Avenue, then north on Long Avenue to 155th Street, then east on 155th Street to Laramie Avenue, then north on Laramie Avenue to 151st Street, then east on 151st Street to Laverne Avenue, then north on Laverne Avenue to 148th Street and the municipal boundary, then east, south and east on the municipal boundary to the place of the beginning.
(4) Ward 4. Beginning at the intersection of 151st Street and Laramie Avenue, then south on Laramie Avenue to 155th Street, then west on 155th Street to Natalie Drive, then south on Natalie Drive to Adeline Place, then west on Adeline Place to Central Avenue, then south on Central Avenue to Independence Avenue, then west on Independence to Reynolds Lane, then north on Reynolds Lane to Stuart Lane, then east on Stuart Lane to Albert Drive, then north on Albert Drive to Victoria Drive, then west on Victoria Drive to Tudor Road, then north on Tudor Road to Rob Roy Drive, then west on Rob Roy Drive
to Las Flores Lane, then north on Las Flores Lane to Oakland Avenue, then west on Oakland Avenue to Boca Rio Drive, then north on Boca Rio Drive to 151st Street, then east on 151 st Street to the place of the beginning.
(5) Ward 5. Beginning at the intersection of 148th Street and LaVergne Avenue and the municipal boundary, then south on LaVergne Avenue to 151st Street, then west on 151st Street to Ridgeland Avenue and the municipal boundary, then north on Ridgeland Avenue and the municipal boundary to 147th Street and the municipal boundary, then westerly, northerly, easterly, southerly, and easterly on the municipal boundary to Central Avenue and the municipal boundary, then north on Central Avenue and the municipal boundary, and then east, south, and easterly on the municipal boundary to the place of the beginning.
(6) Ward 6. Beginning at Forest View Drive and Boca Rio Drive, then south on Boca Rio Drive to Oakland Avenue, then east on Oakland Drive to Las Flores Lane, then south Las Flores Lance to Rob Roy Drive, then east on Rob Roy Drive to Tudor Drive, then south on Tudor Drive to Victoria Drive, then east on Victoria Drive to Albert Drive, then south on Albert Drive to Stuart Lane, then west on Stuart Lane to Reynolds Lane, then south on Reynolds Lane to Independence Avenue, then east on Independence Avenue to Peggy Lane, then south on Peggy Lane to 159th Street and the municipal boundary, then west on 159th Street and the municipal boundary to Ridgeland Avenue, then north on Ridgeland Avenue to Catalina Avenue, then east on Catalina Avenue to Las Robles Street, then north on Las Robles Street to Rio Verde Avenue, then east on Rio Verde Avenue to Alameda Avenue, then north on Alameda Avenue to Arroyo Drive and Forest View Drive, then east on Forest View Drive to the place of the beginning.
(7) Ward 7. Beginning at 151st Street and Boca Rio Drive, then south on Boca Rio Drive to Forest View Drive, then west on Forest View Drive to Alameda Avenue and Arroyo Drive, then south on Alameda Avenue to Rio Verde Avenue, then west on Rio Verde Avenue to Las Robles Street, then south on Las Robles Street to Catalina Avenue, then west on Catalina Avenue to Ridgeland Avenue, then south on Ridgeland Avenue to 159th Street and the municipal boundary, then west on 159th Street and the municipal boundary to Oak Park Avenue and the municipal boundary, then north, west, north and east on the municipal boundary to 151st Street and the municipal boundary at Ridgeland Avenue, then east on 151 st Street to the place of the beginning.
(E) All streets or other geographic features referenced in division (D) above are those that are so shown on the maps published by the United States Bureau of the Census for the 2020 census.
(F) Any part of the city that has not been described as included in one of the wards set forth in division (D) above shall be included within the ward that:
(1) Is contiguous to the part; and
(2) Contains the least population of all wards contiguous to the part according to the 2020 census.
(G) If any part of the city is described in division (D) above as being in more than one ward, said part shall be included within the ward that:
(1) Is one of the wards in which that part is described in division (D) above;
(2) Is contiguous to that part; and
(3) Contains the least population according to the 2020 census.
(H) If any part of the city:
(1) Is described in division (D) above as being in one ward; and
(2) Is entirely surrounded by another ward;
That part shall be incorporated into the ward that surrounds the part.
(I) If any part of the city:
(1) Is described in division (D) above as being in one ward; and
(2) Is not contiguous to another part of that ward;
That part shall be included within the contiguous ward that contains the least population according to the 2020 census.
(J) Generally, the centerline of the identified right-of-way in a redistricting ordinance shall be the boundary line unless otherwise noted.
(K) Property annexed into the city following the adoption of a redistricting ordinance shall, upon annexation and without further action by the City Council be made a part of the adjacent or surrounding ward, provided that whenever two or more wards surround or are contiguous with the annexed territory, the City Council shall provide as part of the ordinance annexing the territory, what ward or wards the territory shall be made a part of.
(L) Should the City Council fail to so designate the ward upon annexation, by default the annexed territory shall become part of that contiguous ward which has the smallest overall population.
(M) Elections for municipal officers in the city shall otherwise be held as is provided by statute, and at the time prescribed by statute.
(Ord. 2024–2-1019O, passed 2-27-2024)