HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3635ORDINANCE NO. ~ 6 3 5
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 2.02.030
TO THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO CONTINUOUS RESIDENCE OF
COUNCILMEMBERS IN THEIR WARD.
WHEREAS, Section 17 of the City Charter states that
councilmembers and candidates for council must be residents of the
wards they represent or seek to represent and qualified electors at
the time nomination papers are issued; and
WHEREAS, Section 17 has been interpreted to require that
councilmembers be residents of their ward only at the time
nomination papers are issued; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council to
interpret Section 17 to require that councilmembers be residents of
the City and their respective wards at all times they remain in
office, and require that they be electors only at the time
nomination papers are issued;
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2.02.030 is hereby added to the Bakersfield
Municipal Code to read as follows:
2.02.030 Residency of councilmembers.
Councilmembers shall be residents of the City and of the
ward which they represent during their entire term of office.
Should any councilmember remove his or her residence from the City
or from the ward from which he or she is elected, he or she must
immediately resign from office; provided, however, should any
redistricting by the City Council result in a councilmember living
outside of his or her ward, said councilmember shall remain in
office for the remainder of his or her term, in accordance with
state law.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with
provisions of the Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become
effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on ~AR 08 1~ , by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER DeMOND, CARSON, SMI~M~E~MOTT, ROWLES, CHOW, SALVAGGIO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER '~
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER
CITY CLERK d EX Of erk of the
Council of the City of BaRersfield
APPROVED MAR 0 $ ~5
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
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CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
County of Kern )
CAROL WILLIAMS, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of
the City of Bakersfield; and that on the 13th day of March, 1995
she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true and
correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3635, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 8th day of March,
1995, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 2.02.030 TO THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
CONTINUOUS RESIDENCE OF COUNCILMEMBERS IN
THEIR WARD
By:
/s/ CAROL WILLIAMS
City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield