[Adopted 4-22-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002[1]]
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Editor's Note: This local law supersedes former Art. II, Residency Requirements, adopted 6-10-1985, and former Art. III, Residency Exemption, adopted 10-16-1995.
This article shall supersede all other residency laws of the Town of DeWitt unless preempted by state law.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
EMPLOYEE
Any full- or part-time employee of the town of DeWitt and for the purpose of this article, shall include temporary and seasonal employees. Also included in this definition are appointed department heads, including the Assessor, the Director of Parks and Recreation, the Water Superintendent, the Commissioner of Development and Operations and the Commissioner of Police and Public Safety and the appointed Town officers, the Town Attorney and the Town Comptroller.
A. 
Any employee of the Town of DeWitt must reside within the Town, or within any contiguous town or the City of Syracuse if that employee's position requires a response to a Town facility within a certain time period. The Town Board shall make this determination by resolution with the advice of the department head.
B. 
All other Town employees must live in Onondaga County or in any contiguous county.
The Town Board in its discretion may grant exceptions to this article. Application must first be made to the Personnel Committee, which shall forward the application to the Town Board only if it is sworn to or affirmed and meets one of the following two requirements:
A. 
Complying with the residency law would represent an undue hardship on the employee; or
B. 
The Town needs the services of the individual who is not a Town resident.
A Town resident shall receive preference in hiring if the Town determines that the applicant is equally qualified for the position applied for.
This section does not apply to elected officials or appointed officials of any Town Board or Commission, including but not limited to the Planning Board, the Zoning Board, the Board of Assessment Review, the Recreation Commission, the Advisory Conservation Commission or the Police Commission.