A. No person shall be employed, appointed, transferred, or promoted to a position within the city in the same department, division or facility in which a relative is employed, or which involves the direct supervision of or by a relative, if such has the potential for creating an adverse impact on supervision, safety, security or morale, or involves a significant potential for conflicts of interest, as determined by the appropriate civil service board.

B. No person shall be employed, appointed, transferred, or promoted to a position within the city who is a relative of a member of the city council, or of any board or commissions of the city where such has the potential for creating an adverse impact on supervision, safety, security or morale, or involves potential conflicts of interest, as determined by the appropriate civil service board.

C. No person shall be allowed to continue employment in a position in the city where a marriage or change of residence creates a situation as described in subsection A or B as determined by the appropriate civil service board.

D. For purposes of this chapter, a “relative” is a parent, step-parent, child, step-child, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, great-grandparent, great-grandchild, or any person who lives in the same household as any permanent or probationary city employee.

E. The provisions of this section shall not be applied to appointments, transfers or promotions made prior to the adoption of this section. (Ord. 3472 § 1, 1992; Ord. 3279 § 1, 1990; Ord. 3120 § 1, 1987; Ord. 2791 § 1, 1982; prior code § 3.14.130)