A. No employee, prospective employee or applicant shall be improperly denied employment or selection for any training program leading to employment, on the basis of his or her marital status.

B. For purposes of this section, “marital status” is an individual’s state of marriage, nonmarriage, divorce or dissolution, separation, widowhood, annulment or other similar marital state.

C. Notwithstanding subsection A, no person shall be employed, appointed, transferred or promoted to a position which involves the direct supervision of or by any party who is married to, divorced or separated from the person where 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.

D. Notwithstanding subsection A, no person shall be employed, appointed, transferred or promoted to a position in the same department, division, or facility with any party who is married to, divorced or separated from the person, where 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.

E. Notwithstanding subsection A, no person shall be allowed to continue employment in any position in the city where a marriage creates a situation described in subsections C and D, as determined by the appropriate civil service board. (Ord. 3279 § 2, 1990)