2.02.050 Vacancy—What constitutes.
The office of mayor shall be declared vacant by the council when the person elected appointed thereto fails to meet the qualifications for office of the mayor within ten days after his or her term is to begin, dies, resigns, ceases to be a resident of the city or absents him or herself continuously from the city for a period of more than thirty days without permission from the council, is convicted of a felony, is judicially determined to be an incompetent, is permanently so disabled as to be unable to perform the duties of his or her office, forfeits his or her office under any provision of the city municipal code, or is removed from office by judicial procedure.