Unless otherwise provided by law, all officers and employees
employed by the Township of Irvington after the effective date of
this article shall be bona fide residents therein. A bona fide resident
for the purpose of this act is a person having a permanent domicile
within the local unit and one which has not been adopted with the
intention of again taking up or claiming a previous residence acquired
outside of the local boundaries.
Unless otherwise provided by law, all applicants for positions
and employments in the Classified New Jersey Department of Personnel
area shall be bona fide residents of the Township of Irvington after
the effective date of this article subject to the exceptions of N.J.S.A.
40A:9-1.4.
It shall be the duty of the hiring authority to ensure that
all employees hired after the effective date of this article shall
remain bona fide residents of the Township of Irvington. Failure of
any such employee to maintain residency in the Township of Irvington,
unless otherwise exempted from the provisions of this article, shall
be cause for removal or discharge from service.
Promotion preference shall be given to a bona fide resident
of the Township of Irvington. When promotions are based upon merit,
as properly determined, a bona fide resident shall be given preference
over a nonresident in any instance when all other measurable criteria
are equal. Such preference under this section shall in no way diminish,
reduce or effect the preference granted pursuant to other law.
Nothing contained in this article shall require residency of
a person exempted from the provisions of this article or where a state
statute would allow otherwise.