Alameda Municipal Code § 25-1 Residence Requirements

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Editor's Note: This section is enacted pursuant to Section 2-5 of the City Charter, as amended by vote of the people on March 9, 1971.

As used in this section:

Residence, place of residence, and dwelling place shall mean the house, apartment, structure, or place of any kind in or at which a person customarily and ordinarily dwells, lives or resides with the present intention of remaining thereat.

Time of response shall mean the time elapsing between leaving place of residence and arriving at place of work.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 2-415)

Every officer of the City hereinbelow in this subsection referred to shall be a resident of the City, and reside within its geographical limits, during his/her tenure of office:

a. The Mayor of the City;

b. The City Councilpersons;

c. The Auditor, ex-officio Assessor, of the City;

d. The Treasurer, ex-officio Tax Collector, of the City;

e. The City Manager;

f. The City Attorney;

g. The City Clerk;

h. The Chief of Police of the City;

i. The Chief of the City Fire Department;

j. The City Physician and the City Health Officer;

k. The City Engineer and the City Superintendent of Streets;

l. The City Planning Director;

m. The assistants and deputies of those persons occupying the offices set forth in paragraphs c. through l. of this section;

n. Members of the Board of Education;

o. Members of the Public Utilities Board;

p. Members of the Civil Service Board;

q. Members of the City Planning Board;

r. Members of the Social Service Board;

s. Members of the Library Board.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 2-411)

All permanent employees under the Civil Service System of the City, other than the above officers, shall reside within such distance of the City limits as provided in the following subsections.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 2-412)

a. Such employees may reside within the City, or within a geographical area located in and limited to Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, or Santa Clara Counties which permits a time of response, using the most direct and feasible surface route in compliance with the legal vehicular speed limits, from place of residence to place of work not exceeding forty (40) minutes.

b. No such employee shall be required to change his/her residence because of the requirements of this section if such residence is at the time this section becomes effective, his/her usual or permanent dwelling place. Provided, however, in the event such employee thereafter changes his/her residence, he/she shall comply with the requirements.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. §§ 2-413—2-414)

All persons employed by the City hereafter, and all current employees in a probationary status, shall comply with this section within six (6) months after completion of probation. The City Manager may grant an exception to this subsection if it reasonably appears to him/her, because of hardship or other circumstance, to be in the public interest to do so.

(Ord. No. 1646 N.S.)