In addition to the qualifications contained in Section 8.04, a Councilmember elected to represent a ward, shall have been for at least one (1) year immediately prior to the date of the Councilmember's election, and during the Councilmember's term of office shall continue to be a resident of the ward from which the Councilmember was elected or a resident of the territory annexed thereto or a resident of the territory affected by redistricting. Whenever ward boundaries become amended, the same shall take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, however, no Councilmember shall be displaced thereby and such Councilmember shall continue to serve the original ward district from which the Councilmember was elected until the expiration of the Councilmember's term in office.
Any sitting Councilmember, who has two (2) or more years left on their current term, shall be prohibited from running for a different Council seat without first resigning his/her current seat on Council. Such resignation shall take place prior to the Councilmember filing petitions with the Board of Elections for the new Council seat.
(Amended November 4, 1980; November 6, 2018)