(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), any person hired or appointed on or after May 13, 2008 as an officer or employee specified in subsection (b) shall, as a condition of employment, establish residency in the city limits within six (6) months of appointment to that position, and shall maintain residency in the city limits while serving in that position. All notices of recruitment for the hiring of any of the officers or employees specified in subsection (b) shall include notice of this requirement.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the officers and employees subject to the requirements of subsection (a) are: city manager, deputy and assistant city manager, city attorney, city clerk, chief of the Tucson police department, chief of the Tucson fire department, presiding city magistrate, public defender, and the directors of the following departments: housing and community development, planning and development services, environmental services, finance, general services, human resources, information technology, parks and recreation, procurement, transportation, Tucson convention center, and water; and any director whose position is hereafter created by ordinance of the mayor and council pursuant to chapter V, section 2(14) of the Charter.
(c) The residency requirements of this section shall not apply to any persons who were employed by the city, either in the positions listed in subsection (b) or in another position, on May 13, 2008, even in the event that such persons subsequently become employed in a position listed in subsection (b).
(Ord. No. 10536, § 1, 5-20-08, eff. 6-28-08; Ord. No. 10757, § 1, 2-9-10; Ord. No. 10874, § 1, 1-25-11)