Chapter 4 ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT.

Section 4-53 RESIDENCY OF TOWN EMPLOYEES

A.  As a condition of the acceptance of employment with the Town of Front Royal, and as a condition of the continuance of such employment with the Town of Front Royal, persons holding the following positions in the Town government shall be required to become residents within the Town's corporate limits as soon as practical upon the commencement of employment and to remain residents within the Town corporate limits during the duration of their employment in such offices:

                1.  Town Manager;

(Ord. No.18-05 Amended 7-25-05-Effective Upon Passage)                 

B.  As a condition of the acceptance of employment with the Town of Front Royal, and as a condition of the continuance of such employment with the Town of Front Royal, persons holding the following positions in the Town government shall be required to become residents within the boundaries of Warren County as soon as practical upon the commencement of employment and to remain residents within the County during the duration of their employment in such offices:

                1. Clerk of Council;

                2. Chief of Police;

                3. Director of Electrical Services;

                4. Director of Public Works/Utilities.

(Ord. No. 18-05 Added 7-25-05-Effective Upon Passage)

C.  As a condition of the acceptance of employment with the Town of Front Royal, and as a condition of the continuance of such employment with the Town of Front Royal, persons holding the following positions in the Town government shall be required to become residents within a thirty (30) mile radius of Town Hall as soon as practical upon the commencement of employment and to remain residents within the thirty (30) mile radius of Town Hall during the duration of their employment in such offices:

                1. Director of Finance;

                2. Director of Planning;

                3. Director of Human Resources;

                4. Town Engineer.

(Ord. No. 18-05 Added 7-25-05-Effective Upon Passage)

D.  If any such employee required to meet such residency described above shall, after having established such bona fide residence, cease to be a bona fide resident as required above, or if any such employee fail to become a bona fide resident as required above within the twelve month period following the commencement of such employment, the individual's employment shall be deemed to have been voluntarily vacated.

(Ord. No. 18-05 Amended 7-25-05-Effective Upon Passage)

E.  The residency requirements set forth in paragraphs B and C above may be waived or modified by Town Council in its sole discretion, for good and acceptable cause, on a case by case basis, for an identifiable candidate or employee in any of the designated positions.

(Ord. No. 2-01 Added Entire Section 4-9-01; Ord. No. 18-05 Added (E) 7-25-05-Effective Upon Passage)

F.  Any person occupying a position to which the aforesaid residence requirements apply, but who prior to March 1, 2001, was not required to maintain a residence as required above, shall not, by the adoption of this section, be required to establish such a residence. Such person shall, however, be subject to the residence requirements contained herein upon promotion or re-assignment to another of the positions enumerated herein, or upon establishment of a residence, as required above subsequent to July 1, 2005.

(Ord. No. 18-05 Amended (F) 7-25-05-Effective Upon Passage)