Sec. 2-769. Residency requirement.
(a) All members of any city board, commission, committee, or authority, established by either the Charter, ordinance or resolution, shall be residents of the city unless an exception is contained within the establishing legislation relating to a particular board, commission, committee or authority. This section shall not modify the provisions set out in the Charter requiring a one-year residency period for appointment to the board of adjustment and appeals, the career service commission and the planning and zoning commission. In determining whether or not a person is a resident of the city, being a registered elector under the provisions of C.R.S. § 1-2-102 as amended, entitled "Rules for determining residence," shall be sufficient evidence of residency. When the composition of a board, commission, committee or authority calls for a position to be filled by a city employee, such employee shall be exempt from the residency requirement of this section.
(b) In making a residency determination in circumstances other than when an applicant is a registered elector under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the city clerk shall accept the following proof of residency:
(1) A nonexpired government issued I.D. showing the applicant as having a City of Aurora address; or
(2) A current year or most recent year income tax return, property tax assessment or utility bill in the applicant's name showing an address within the City of Aurora; or
(3) Any documentation which would be acceptable to the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles for establishing residency which documentation shows a City of Aurora address.
(c) If the city clerk obtains evidence which in the sole and unfettered opinion of the city clerk indicates that an appointed board, commission, committee or authority member is not a current resident of the City of Aurora the city clerk shall transmit that information to city council so that they can determine whether their appointment ought to continue or not. During the pendency of a final determination by city council, after a determination by the city clerk to refer the matter, the board or commission member shall be suspended from serving on the board or commission and from voting on matters before that board or commission. Such suspension shall preclude the board or commission member from participating in official deliberations with the other members of said board or commission and from questioning persons appearing before that board or commission. (Code 1979, § 8-4; Ord. No. 2021-03, § 1, 1-25-2021)