(A) Any person who has served in elective city office for two consecutive full terms, or a combination of full or partial terms totaling seven consecutive years, shall be ineligible to be elected or appointed to an elective city office until two consecutive years has elapsed since the person last held elective city office.
(B) For purposes of this section:
(1) The phrase “elective city office” means major and city council member.
(2) Any person who, either by appointment or election, serves more than one-half of a term in elective city office, shall be deemed to have served a full term.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a person who resigns or is removed from elective city office any time during a term, other than to assume a different elective city office, shall be deemed to have served a full term.
(4) This section shall not impose an absolute limits on the number of terms a person may serve in his or her lifetime, but only imposes a limit on the number of consecutive years a person may serve in any combination of elective city offices.
(Ord. No. 2974, 2976)
Editor’s note:
This section was amended by Measure C, adopted by the electorate on November 8, 2022