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Districting Ordinance Incorporating Revisions from Introduced Draft <br /> annexed area to the nearest Council district or districts, adjusting the I I <br /> boundaries as appropriate but not shifting any area already within the <br /> City from one Council district to another. The allocation of the annexed <br /> area into an existing district or among existing districts must be carried <br /> out in a fashion that will result in adjusted districts that continue to be <br /> consistent with applicable legal requirements for district boundaries. <br /> For all other annexations, district boundary adjustments shall be <br /> determined by the Districting Commission that would already have been <br /> appointed in ordinary course pursuant to subsection(b) of this section. <br /> Notwithstanding the foregoing when the City Council is responsible for <br /> allocating an annexed area among City Council districts,if the City <br /> Council determines that apportioning an annexed area among existing <br /> districts without shifting any area already within the City from one <br /> district to another will likely result in any district population that deviates <br /> from the mean by greater than 7.5%,then the City Council and the Mayor <br /> shall appoint an interim Districting Commission(which may be identical <br /> to the most recent Districting Commission)to adopt a revised districting <br /> plan with the assistance of a districting master, consistent with subsection <br /> (c) of this Section 2.1 <br /> Section 2.2 of the Charter,which reads as follows: <br /> Sec.2.2.Eligibility to Hold Elective Office. <br /> No person shall be eligible to hold elective office unless he or she shall have <br /> been a registered voter and resident of the City for a period of at least one <br /> (1)year next preceding his or her election. Residence and voting within the <br /> limits of any territory which has been included in, annexed to, or <br /> consolidated with the City is construed to have been residence within the <br /> City.A Mayor or Council member shall hold within the City government no <br /> other public office or employment. <br /> Is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> Sec.2.2 Eligibility to Hold Elective Office. <br /> No person shall be eligible to hold elective office unless he or she shall <br /> have been a registered voter and resident of the City, and, for Council <br /> positions elected from Council districts, a resident of an applicable <br /> Council district, for a period of at least one (1)year next six(6)months <br /> prior to the primary election date preceding his or her election. Council <br /> members must remain City residents While in office and must remain <br />