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CHAPTER 1.08 CORPORATE LIMITS SECTION: 1.08.010: Official Map Adopted 1.08.020: Updating of Map 1.08.030: City Engineer Duties - Availability of Copies - Cost 1.08.040: Election Wards Established 1.08.050: Candidates for City Council 1.08.060: Ward Boundaries - Procedure 1.08.010: Official Map Adopted: An official map of the City, prepared by the City Engineer, and signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, is adopted as officially designating the present City limits of the City. (Ord. 1532 Sec. 1, 1970) 1.08.020: Updating of Map: The map mentioned in Section 1.08.010 may be brought up to date after each subsequent annexation by additions plainly shown by the City Engineer and attested to by the mayor and City Clerk as being official with reference to each respective ordinance of annexation as the same is adopted. (Ord. 1532 Sec. 2, 1970) 1.08.030: City Engineer Duties - Availability of Copies - Cost: It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to keep the map of the City limits up to date as each ordinance of annexation is adopted and to see that the additions are properly certified to by the Mayor and City Clerk. Copies of the map should be made available to City officials as the City Manager may direct, and to other persons at the cost thereof, which cost shall be determined by the City Manager. (Ord 1532 Sec. 3, 1970) 1.08.040: Election Wards Established: The City of Kennewick shall be divided into three wards, to be known as First Ward, Second Ward, and Third Ward. The boundaries of each ward shall be established and changed as provided in Section 1.08.060. (Ord. 2904 Sec. 1 (part), 1985: Ord. 2362 Sec. 4, 1979: Ord. 1007 Sec. 1, 1959) 1.08.050: Candidates for City Council: There shall be three Ward District Council Member positions and four at-large Council Member positions. One Ward District Council Member shall hereafter be elected according to law from each of the three wards established in KMC 1.08.040. The qualified voters of each ward district, and they only, shall nominate from among their number candidates for the office of Ward District Council Member of such ward district to be voted for at the following general election. Such candidates shall be nominated in the same manner as other candidates at the primary election preceding a general election. In addition, four Council Members designated at-large Council Members shall be nominated by all qualified voters in the City as a whole. The two candidates having the highest vote totals for each council position shall be certified as having been nominated and shall run for that position in the general election. Council Members shall be elected by all of the qualified voters of the City at the general election (Ord. 5578 Sec. 1, 2014: Ord. 5373 Sec. 1, 2011: Ord. 2904 Sec. 1 (part), 1985: Ord. 2362 Sec. 4, 1979: Ord. 1410 Sec. 1, 1968: Ord. 1007 Sec. 1, 1959). 1.08 - 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- 1.08.060: Ward Boundaries - Procedure: At any time not within three months previous to a municipal, general election ward boundaries may be changed. No change in the boundaries will affect the term of any Ward District Council Member, but he shall serve out his term in the ward of his residence at the time of his election. No person is eligible to the office of a Ward District Council Member unless he resides in the ward for which he is elected on the date of his election, and removal of his residence from the ward for which he was elected renders his office vacant. Upon the receipt of the decennial census or upon the request of any citizen alleging that the population of the wards are not as proportionate as reasonably practical, the Council shall direct the Planning Commission to review, and, if it finds that the ward boundaries are not in proportion to the population as nearly as is practical, redraw the boundaries along precinct lines. In addition to respecting precinct lines and proportionate populations, the Planning Commission will attempt to ensure that the wards are as conterminous and as homogeneous, socially, geographically and politically, as practical. The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the redistricting plan at least one week before adoption of the plan. During the adoption of its redistricting plan, the City shall ensure that full and reasonable public notice of its actions is provided. The Planning Commission may take in all relevant factors bearing upon these issues in order to ensure as representative a division of the City as practical. The Planning Commission shall deliver its recommendation for division of ward boundaries to the City Council for a vote. Upon adoption of the redistricting plan, the City Clerk shall certify the same to the county auditor. (Ord. 5578 Sec. 1, 2014: Ord. 5373 Sec. 2, 2011: Ord. 2904 Sec. 2, 1985) 1.08 - 2