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: Cleveland Law Library WeblogAkron City Employees Must Live Where They Work
By Cleveland Law Library
In a case decided yesterday, the Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals, held that Akron City employees must live in Akron if they want to keep their jobs. The Court?s decision upholding a residency restriction in Akron City Charter amendments (Section 105a) held that O.R.C. sec. 9.48.1 is unconstitutional. ORC sec. 9.48.1 was enacted 5/1/06 and generally prohibits political subdivisions from requiring their employees to live where they work. In December, another Court of Appeals upheld a Lima residency law similar to the one in Akron. Click here to read a story and listen to audio clips of responses from akronnewsnow.com. The Eighth District appeals Court has yet to decide the legality of similar residency restrictions for Cleveland employees.
Full post as published by Cleveland Law Library Weblog on January 11, 2008 (boomark / email).
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