2.04.120 Term limits.

(A) No person shall be eligible to serve as mayor for more than three four-year terms following the adoption of the ordinance codified herein. The current incumbent is given credit for having served one term. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person who is appointed or elected to fill a vacant office as mayor for the balance of a four-year term, but serves less than two years in that office, shall be eligible for nomination, and election for three four-year terms thereafter.

(B) No person shall be eligible to serve as councilmember for more than three four-year terms following the adoption of the ordinance codified herein. Current incumbents are given credit for having served one term. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person who is appointed or elected to fill a vacant office as councilmember for the balance of a four-year term, but serves less than two years in that office, shall be eligible for nomination, and election for three four-year terms thereafter.

(C) The three four-year terms in office as mayor are not required to be consecutive and may be an aggregate of three four-year terms. Any person who resigns or is removed from office during a term shall be deemed to have served a full term.

(D) The three four-year terms in office as councilmember are not required to be consecutive and may be an aggregate of three four-year terms. Any person who resigns or is removed from office during a term shall be deemed to have served a full term.

(E) The phrase "two years" as used in subsections A and B of this section shall mean the period between the date of the declaration of the results of any primary election held in June of an even-numbered year and the date of the declaration of the results of any primary election held in June of any immediately preceding or immediately succeeding even-number year, even though such period may be more or less that an actual period of two years.