A.Â
All officers and employees of the City now in the
employ of or hereafter to be employed by the City are hereby required
as a condition of the continued employment to have their place of
domicile within the commonwealth and to be bona fide residents therein,
except as otherwise provided by this article. A bona fide resident,
for the purpose of this section, is a person having a permanent domicile
within the commonwealth and one which has not been adopted with the
intention of again taking up or claiming a previous residence acquired
outside of the commonwealth.
B.Â
All officers and employees hereinafter employed by
the City shall become bona fide residents of the commonwealth within
six months from the dates of their appointment or employment by the
City.
C.Â
All officers and employees, once their residence in
the commonwealth is established, shall be required to maintain such
residence during their employment. Failure to do so shall be determined
to be a voluntary termination of employment.
[Amended 1-27-2009]
All persons appointed to memberships on boards
and commissions of the City shall be residents of the City, during
the terms for which they are appointed except for the required physician
member of the City of Lowell Board of Health so long as said physician
owns, or is a member of an established practice within the City of
Lowell. There shall be a preference to select a physician who is a
Lowell resident whenever possible, and practicable, subject to the
discretion of the City Manager.
[Amended 12-23-2008]
If any collective bargaining agreement permits
its members to reside outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
the collective bargaining agreement shall govern.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 15-169,
Residency requirements for new employees, added 10-6-1992 and amended
12-7-1993, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 3-8-1994.
