Ordinance No. 78-87■
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. 78-
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR CITY DEPARTMENT
HEADS.
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section l:
The City Council finds that at the November 7, 1978 general
election the voters of the City approved by a majority vote : passage of
an ordinance establishing a residency requirement for department heads.
Section 2:
The following addition to the Municipal Code is made, to be
designated Chapter 2.06, DEPARTMENT HEADS, the body of the chapter to be
as follows:
Chapter 2.06
DEPARTMENT HEADS
Sections:
2.06.010 Residency Required--Affected Positions
2.06.020 Persons Employed as of January 17, 1979 not Affected
2.06.030 Extension of Time to Comply
2.06.040 Sanction
2.05.050 "Immediate Urban Growth Boundary" Defined
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2. 06.010 Residency Required---Affected Positions. All persons
employed full-time by the City of Tigard in the positions named in this
ordinance are hereby required to establish permanent residency within the
city limits or within the area designated as Tigard's Immediate Urban
Growth Boundary L-,rithin 120 days following appointment. The affected
positions are the following: City Administrator, City Recorder, Chief of
Police, Planning Director, Public Works Director, City Engineer, Head
Librarian, and City Building Official. Any person hired or appointed to
be the chief administrative officer of any other department of the City
hereafter created shall also be required to comply with the terms of this
ordinance.
2.06.020 Persons Employed as of January 17, 1979 not Affected.
Persons employed in the affected positions on the date this ordinance
takes effect (January 17, 1979) shall not be required by this ordinance
to establish residency within the Urban Growth Boundary of the City of
Tigard.
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2.06.030 Extension of Time to Comte. The City Council may at
its discretion extend the period for compliance with this ordinance an
additional 30 days. Such an extension may be given t.^, u�ay a4..L I-U
employee if that employee has made a demonstrable effort to comply by
arranging for the purchase of a home within the city limits before the
end of the applicable period, and the delay preventing full compliance
is caused only by the delay in completing any required real estate
transaction, and that delay does not arise on account of any fault of the
employee.
2.06.040 Sanction. Failure to establish residency within the
required area within the time allowed by this ordinance shall result in
immediate termination of employment by the City of Tigard.
2.06.050 "Immediate Urban Growth Boundary" Defined. For the
purposes of this ordinance the:.term "Immediate Urban Growth Boundary"
shall mean the Urban Growth Boundary approved and adopted with regard to
the City of Tigard by the Oregon Land Conservation and Development
Commission. If, however, at any relevant time t:e City Council of the
City of Tigard has reviewed and approved an Urban Growth Boundary that is
different from the boundary recognized by LCDC, for whatever purpose, the
City Council may choose (but is not required) to make that boundary,
rather than the LCDC-approved boundary, a test for compliance with this
ordinance.
�1 n.. ......'uncl. members -resent after/
PASSED: By ananikivus vote of aim wa members
being read two times by number and title only, this Ism` day
of t24- 1978.
RECORDER, TY OF TIGARD
SIGNED By the Mayor, this /.A day of 1378.
MAYOR, CITY OF T GARD
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