Sec. 2-2. Absences of appointive officers and heads of office and vacancies in appointive officers and heads of office positions.

   Sec. 2-2(1). During the absence of an appointive officer or head of an office, with or without leave, or for any cause whatsoever, the senior officer or employee of the department or office, unless another officer or employee is specifically designated to so act by the appointive officer, shall immediately assume charge and direct the functioning of the office or department. The duty to act includes the necessary signature authority to carry on and perform the duties of the position until the appointive officer's return.

   Sec. 2-2(2). Pending the filling of a vacancy of an appointive officer or head of an office position, the senior officer or employee of the department or office, unless another officer or employee is specifically designated to so act by the appointing officer, shall immediately assume charge and direct the functioning of the office or department. The duty to act includes the necessary signature authority to carry on and perform the duties of the position until the vacancy is filled.

(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 12; Ord. No. 9811, § 1, 2-10-03)

Sec. 2-3. Compensation of senior officers acting as department heads.

During the period in which any senior officer or employee of any department performs the duties of the head or chief thereof as provided in section 2-2 such officer or employee shall be paid during such period, in the discretion of the city manager, the same rate of pay as is regularly paid to the department head or chief for performing such duties.

(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 13)

Sec. 2-4. Residency requirement for specified city officers and employees.

   (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)

Sec. 2-5. Building safety division; chief inspector.

There shall be a building safety division. There shall be chief inspector who shall have supervisory administrative control over the building safety division and all the functions thereof, and over the inspectors and other personnel therein.

(1953 Code, ch. 2, §§ 17a, 17c; Ord. No. 4871, § 1, 9-5-78)

   Cross References: Building, electricity, plumbing, gas, and mechanical regulations, ch. 6.

Sec. 2-6. Sale of property for nonpayment of district assessments.

Whenever the superintendent of streets of the city shall hold a sale of property for nonpayment of assessments under the provisions of A.R.S. section 9-700, as amended, and there is no purchaser other than the municipality who will pay the entire amount of the assessment, penalty and costs, including fifty cents ($0.50) to the superintendent of streets for a certificate of sale, the superintendent of streets shall sell the lot or portion thereof to the person who will take the least quantity of land and then and there pay the amount of the assessment then delinquent including interest, penalty and costs due, and fifty cents ($0.50) to the superintendent of streets for a certificate of sale, and deed shall issue to such purchaser subject to redemption as provided in A.R.S. section 48-605, as amended.

The lien on the entire lot, piece or parcel of land assessed, provided for in A.R.S. chapter 4, article 2, title 48, as amended, shall continue to be in effect for the amount of the assessment or portion thereof, including interest, penalties and costs thereafter to become due, and the land may again be sold should the assessment again become delinquent.

(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 17d)

   State Law References: Authority, A.R.S. § 9-700.B.

Sec. 2-7. Statute of limitations on unpaid warrants.

No warrant to the director of finance for payment shall be paid from any fund, deposit or account, nor shall any legal action be brought on said warrant, unless it has been presented to said director of finance for payment before the close of the second fiscal year next after the fiscal year in which it shall have been issued.

(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 17e)

Sec. 2-8. Mayor's expense account.

Beginning July 1, 1955, and each year thereafter, the mayor of the city shall have an annual two thousand dollar ($2,000.00) expense account which may be drawn upon and spent for any public purpose; a public purpose shall include entertainment of public guests, commemorating events of a public interest and advertising the advantages and resources of the city. All demands from this fund shall be accompanied by a statement from the mayor of the purpose for which the money has been or is to be used and that the expenditure was or is for a public purpose.

(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 17f; Ord. No. 3759, § 1, 12-13-71)

   Editors Note: Ord. No. 3759, § 1, reenacted the provisions codified as § 2-8. The title of the ordinance provided for the elimination of provisions for entrance passes to Tucson Community Center events for present and former mayors and city councilmen.