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To amend City Code ? 2-1183, concerning the residency requirement for certain officers and employees, to modify the City's residency requirement [so that it applies only to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief of Fire and Emergency Services, and the Chief of Police]. (As Amended)
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That section 2-1183 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2015) be and is hereby amended and reordained as follows:
Sec. 2-1183. Residency of certain officers and employees.
(a) For the purposes of this section, words or terms not specially defined shall be interpreted in accord with such normal dictionary meaning or customary usage as is appropriate to the context. [The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Principal residence] For purposes of this section, the term "principal residence" means that address where the employee can provide written documentation of the following:
(1) The payment of a mortgage [and/or] or rent.
(2) The listing in the employee's name of household utility accounts, such as gas, electricity, telephone, water, [sewage] stormwater, wastewater, cable [TV, etc.] television, and internet access.
(3) The receipt of U.S. mail.
(4) The use of such address for voter registration, vehicle registration, and the filing of federal, state and local tax returns.
[Richmond-Petersburg Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consists of the Cities of Richmond, Colonial Heights, Hopewell and Petersburg; the Town of Ashland; and the Counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Powhatan, and Prince George.]
(b) The persons holding the following enumerated positions in the City government shall be required to have their principal residence within the city during their contin...
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