§ 5. TERM LIMITS.

(A)

Except as provided in subsection (C), a person may not be elected to or serve in the office of mayor for more than two consecutive terms, and a person who has held the office of mayor for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected mayor may not be elected to the office of mayor more than once in succession.

(B)

Except as provided in subsection (C), a person may not be elected to, or serve on, the city council in a position other than mayor for more than two consecutive terms, and a person who has held a position other than mayor for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected to the position may not be elected to a position other than mayor more than once in succession.

(C)

A person subject to a term limit with respect to an office may become a candidate for the office and serve if elected if the person's application to be a candidate for the office is accompanied by a petition requesting that the person be authorized to be a candidate and the petition is signed by at least five per cent of the qualified voters of the territory from which the office is elected.

Amendment note: Section 5 appears as amended at the election of November 6, 2012, and later renumbered by Ord. 20121213-004. As former § 3, this section was added at the election of May 7, 1994, and had previously been amended at the election of May 13, 2006. Former subsection (D) concerned city officials elected prior to April 30, 2006. and expired on the date that no one subject to its provisions continued to serve in the office of Mayor or Council member.

Source: Ord. No. 20180809-113 , Pt. 7, 8-20-18/election of 11-6-18.