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 Port Orange
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER
 Article V. QUALIFICATIONS AND ELECTIONS

  § 5.05. Council districts; adjustments of districts.

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  • (a)

    Number of districts. There shall be four (4) city council districts pending subsequent changes by the districting commission established in section 5.05(b).

    (b)

    District commission. By the first day of the month following official certification of the decennial census to the state, the city council shall appoint ten city electors determined from the registration for the last statewide general election, who shall comprise the districting commission. Electors chosen shall not be employed by the city in any other capacity. The districting commission shall be empowered to divide the city into districts for the election of council members, to increase to a maximum of seven districts, to decrease or to change the number of districts and redefine the boundaries thereof, as it deems necessary by a majority vote of those present and voting. After the division of the city into districts, one, but not more than two, council members shall reside in and qualify from each district, but shall be elected from the city at large. The districting commission will be an ongoing commission whose duties and terms of office will be spelled out in an enacting ordinance.

    (c)

    Report; specifications. Within 120 days of the appointment, the districting commission shall file with the official designated by the council, a report containing a recommended plan for adjustment of the council district boundaries to comply with these specifications:

    (1)

    Each district shall be formed of compact contiguous territory, and its boundary lines shall follow the centerlines of streets;

    (2)

    The districts shall be based upon the principle of equal and effective representation as required by the United States constitution and as represented in the mathematical preciseness reached in the legislative apportionment of the state;

    (3)

    The report shall include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be drafted as a proposed ordinance. Once filed with the designated official the report shall be treated as an ordinance introduced by a council member;

    (d)

    Support. It shall be the responsibility of the city manager to provide staff assistance and technical data to the districting commission;

    (e)

    Procedure. The procedure for the council's consideration of the report shall be the same as for other ordinances, provided that if a summary of the ordinance is published pursuant to this charter and general law, it must include both the map and a description of the recommended districts;

    (f)

    Failure to enact ordinance. The council shall adopt a redistricting ordinance at least 90 days before the next regular city election. If the council fails to do so by such date, the report of the districting commission shall go into effect and have the effect of an ordinance;

    (g)

    Effect of enactment. The new council districts and boundaries, as of the date of enactment, shall supersede previous council districts and boundaries for all the purposes of the next regular city election, including qualifications. The new districts and boundaries shall supersede previous districts and boundaries for all other purposes as of the date on which all council members elected, subsequent to the date the new districts went into effect, take office.

(Ord. No. 1997-36, § 1, 7-1-97; Ord. No. 2001-51, § 4, 8-21-01)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 1997-36 was approved at a special election held on September 2, 1997. Ord. No. 2001-51 was approved by the voters at referendum on Oct. 9, 2001.