101-83 Amend 128.0316 Admin - exclude college students as resident

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ORDINANCE NO. 101-83 BY: Brown, CHtnnock, Gallagher, Graham, ~Brtde, Salmon, Wendltng AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend Section 128.0316 of the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to redefine resident to exclude full time college students not residing within the City over a specified period of time. WHEREAS, full time college students who do not live at their residence in Lakewood on a continuous basis wht~e ~:ending college have minimal contact with the City during said educational p;rtod, and . W~EREAS, full time college student~ living outside of the City do not in fact uerlve substant.ial benefit from the City services available to residents of the City, and WHEREAS, this Council determines that it is inequitable for full time college students residing outside of the City to be required ~o pay municipal income tax and said students shoul.~w~n fact be exempt therefrom, and WNEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public welfare and the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 128.0316 of the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 128.o316 R OENT. "Resident" means an individual domiciled in the Ctt~ of Lakewood. shall be and the same is hereby amended to read a~ follows: 128.0316 RESIDENT. "Resident" means an individual domiciled in the City of Lakewood but shall not include those individuals attending an accredited college or university on a full time basis who reside within the City sixteen (161 weeks or less during the taxable ye)r. section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that ali such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with ali legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. Section 3. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof'and provided .it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council. it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise, it shall take.effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted: