§ 2-9. Residence requirement; boards not created by legislative action.

(a)

Each person who serves on any city board, commission, authority, council, agency or panel that was not created by legislative action shall either maintain a bona fide residence in the city, own a business having a permanent location in the city, or be the principal stockholder of a corporation or other business entity having a permanent business location in the city. Whenever an appointment to any such board, commission, authority, council, agency or panel is to be made and the choice is between a person who maintains a bona fide residence in the city and a person who does not maintain a bona fide residence in the city, if the person who maintains a bona fide residence in the city meets all other requirements of the position to be filled, he or she shall be appointed. A bona fide residence, for the purpose of this section, is a permanent domicile which has not been adopted with the intention of again taking up or claiming a previous residence acquired outside of the city limits. The principal stockholder of a corporation or other business entity, for the purpose of this section, is any person whose ownership interest in the corporation or other business entity is not exceeded by any other person.

(b)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) above, each nonresident who serves on any such board, commission, authority, council, agency or panel on May 14, 1992, shall continue to serve until his or her term expires or, if service is for an indefinite term, until a successor is appointed to replace him or her.

(Ord. No. 92-11, § 1, 5-4-92; Ord. No. 93-7, § 1, 4-20-93)