[Adopted 3-20-1995 by Ord. No. 2-1995; amended in its entirety 11-16-2015 by Ord. No. 21-2015]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BONA FIDE RESIDENT
A person having a permanent domicile within the City of Pleasantville
and one which has not been adopted with the intention of again taking
up or claiming a previous residence acquired outside of the City of
Pleasantville.
All full-time, permanent and part-time officers and employees hired for employment by the City of Pleasantville, subsequent to the effective date of this article, hereinafter to be employed by the City of Pleasantville, are hereby required, subject to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-1.1 et seq., and specifically N.J.S.A 40A:9-1.5, to be bona fide residents of the City of Pleasantville, and as a condition of their employment, continue to be bona fide residents, except as otherwise provided by law. Any person currently employed by the City of Pleasantville who resides outside of the City as of the date of the adoption of this article is specifically exempted from the provisions and terms of this article, except for those provided and set forth at §
41-8, Limitation of grandfathering.
All nonresidents appointed to positions or employments after the effective date of this article shall become bona fide residents of the City of Pleasantville within one year of their employment, except as otherwise provided in §
41-5 herein.
Whenever the City Council shall determine that there are certain specific positions and employments, requiring special talents or skills which are necessary for the operations of the City and which are not likely to be found among the residents of the City, such positions and employments so determined shall be filled without preference to residency, and the provisions of §§
41-2,
41-3,
41-4,
41-6 and
41-9 herein shall not apply. The City Council shall set forth the formal criteria pursuant to which such positions and employment shall be determined. Such positions and employments shall include but not be limited to the following professionals, officials and employees, who shall be exempt from the residency requirements specified herein: Municipal Court Judge, City Solicitor, Prosecutor, Public Defender, Zoning Board Attorney, Planning Board Attorney and Court Administrator.
When promotions of officers and employees are based upon merit,
as determined by suitable promotion tests or other objective criteria,
a bona fide resident of the City shall be given preference over a
nonresident in any instance when all other measurable criteria are
equal. The preference granted by this section shall in no way diminish,
reduce or affect the preference granted pursuant to any other provision
of law.
Any person employed by the City of Pleasantville who resides
outside of the City as of the date of the adoption of this article
who subsequently makes his residence within the City shall not be
exempt from the requirements of this article. Any person employed
by the City who is a bona fide resident of the City of Pleasantville
as of the date of adoption of this article shall not be exempt from
the requirements of this article.