No person shall be eligible to hold elective office unless he or she shall have been a registered voter and resident of the City for a period of at least one (1) year next preceding his or her election, and, for Council positions elected from Council districts, a resident of an applicable Council district, for a period of at least six (6) months prior to the primary election date preceding his or her election. Council members must remain City residents while in office and must remain residents of any Council district from which elected. However, if a Council member is elected to a Council district position for which he or she is qualified by residence at the time of election, and while remaining in that residence later does not qualify as a resident of the relevant district because a new districting plan including new district boundaries has been adopted during his or her term, that Council member shall remain eligible to serve in the same district position until the end of his or her term or until a successor is elected and qualified, whichever is later. Residence and voting within the limits of any territory which has been included in, annexed to, or consolidated with the City or with a Council district through redistricting, is construed to have been residence within the City or Council district, respectively. A Mayor or Council member shall hold within the City government no other public office or employment.

Nothing herein shall prevent a district Council member from seeking election to any at-large Council position or to the office of Mayor prior to expiration of that member’s current term. Similarly, an at-large Council member may seek election to any district Council position or to the office of Mayor prior to the expiration of that member’s current term subject to qualification by residents with the district. Nothing herein shall prevent a Mayor from seeking election to any Council position prior to expiration of that Mayor’s current term. (Ord. 3605-18 § 1 (part), 2018)