Windsor Municipal Code Art. 2 District Elections

Members of the Town Council shall be elected on a district-based electoral system from four (4) single-member Town Council districts pursuant to California Government Code Sections 34886 and 34871. For the purposes of this section, the term "district-based electoral system" shall mean the election of Town Council Members by the voters of the district alone.

(Ord. No. 2019-332, § 2, 4-3-2019)

a. Members of the Town Council shall be elected on a district-based electoral system, as defined in Section 1-2-200, from the four (4) Town Council districts as illustrated in Figure 1-2-200(A).

[Figure: Figure 1-2-200(A)]

Figure 1-2-200(A)

b. Except as provided in subsection c., each member of the Town Council elected to represent a district must reside in that district and be a registered voter in that district, and any candidate for Town Council must live in, and be a registered voter in, the Town Council district in which that candidate is seeking election at the time nomination papers are issued to that candidate pursuant to California Government Code Section 34882 and California Elections Code Section 10227. Termination of residency in a district by a member of the Town Council shall create an immediate vacancy for that Town Council district unless a substitute residence within the district is established within thirty (30) days after that termination of residency.

c. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1-2-205, the Members of Town Council in office at the time the ordinance from which this article is derived takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which he or she was elected and until his or her successor is qualified.

d. The Town Council districts described in this Section 1-2-205 shall be adjusted following each decennial federal census, as required by California Elections Code Section 21600 et seq., or by other applicable law.

(Ord. No. 2019-332, §§ 2, 3, 4-3-2019; Ord. No. 2019-336, § 2, 9-4-2019; Ord. No. 2022-360, § 2(Exh. A), 3-16-2022)

A Member of the Town Council shall be elected from Town Council District 3 at the November 2020 general municipal election, and every four (4) years thereafter. Members of the Town Council shall be elected from Town Council Districts 1 and 4 at the November 2022 general municipal election, and every four (4) years thereafter. A Member of the Town Council shall be elected from Town Council District 2 at the November 2022 general municipal election for a two-year term and again at the November 2024 general municipal election, and every four (4) years thereafter. The Mayor shall be elected at-large, beginning at the 2020 general municipal election, and every two (2) years thereafter.

(Ord. No. 2019-332, § 2, 4-3-2019; Ord. No. 2022-363, § 1, 6-15-2022)