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AN ORDINANCE TO b3IEND THE CODE OF T~ CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIR- GINIA, 1973, BY REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION 2-8 THEREOF PERTAINING TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY F~IPLOYEES AND REPLACING SAID SECTION WITH A NEW SECTION 2-8 PERTAINING TO RESIDENCE REQUIREI~NTS; AND AMENDING SECTION 2-12 THEREOF PER- TAINING TO ANNUAL LEAVE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Por~s- mouth, Virginia: 1. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Vir- ginia, 1973, be amended by repealing Section 2-8 thereof and replacing such section with a new section numbered 2-8, such new section to read as follows: Section 2-8. Residence requirements for city employees; limitations thereon. (a) All city officers or employees who are ap- pointed by the city council shall be bona fide residents of the city or become such within six months after the effective date of their appointment. Upon failure to comply with this subsection, their employment shall i~ediatety cease. (b) For all city employees other than those covered by subsection (a) hereof, there shall be no residence requirement, except that the city manager may, in his discre- tion, require that any department head subject to his appointive power remain a resident of the city or become such within slx months after the effective date of his appointn~ent. 2. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1974, be amended by amending Section 2-12 thereof, such amended section to read as follows: Section 2-12. Annual leave. (a) There shall be granted to each officer and employee of the city annual leave at the rate of one day of annual leave for each continuous calendar month of employment. (b) In addition to the annual leave benefits pro- vided in subsection (a) above, each officer and employee who shall have completed the specified number of ca!endar years of continuous employment shall be entitled to additional annual leave in accordance with the following schedule: