Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

B. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO MARRY OR WHO REGISTER AS
DOMESTIC PARTNERS. If two (2) City employees marry or register as domestic partners, the City Administrator
shall make reasonable efforts to assign job duties so as to minimize problems of supervision, safety, security, or
morale. If the City Administrator is unable to make an acceptable accommodation which sufficiently minimizes the
problems of supervision, safety, security or morale, it may require the two City employees who have married or who
have registered as domestic partners to decide which one of them will resign from City employment within 60 days of
being notified of the City Administrator's inability to make a reasonable accommodation.
C. REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS – DEFINED. For the purposes of this section, a “registered
domestic partner” shall refer to domestic partners who have registered in any of the following ways:
1. with the Santa Barbara City Clerk’s Office pursuant to Chapter 9.135 of the Santa Barbara Municipal
Code;
2. with the State of California Secretary of State’s Office as the term is defined in State Family Code
Section 297; or
3. with another municipal, county, or state domestic partner registry authorized and maintained by a
governmental entity within the United States.
D. CHARTER SECTION 710 AND NEPOTISM. For the purposes of City Charter Section 710, use of the
term “marriage” shall include those persons who are registered domestic partners as defined and used in this Section
3.16.073. (Ord. 5520, 2010; Ord. 4564, 1989.)
3.16.075 Physical Standards.
The Board, with the recommendation of the Personnel Director, shall establish medical and physical standards for
the various classes of positions in the classified service. Each person receiving an original appointment to a
permanent position in the classified service shall be required to meet the medical and physical standards prescribed by
the Board and shall be required to take a medical and physical examination, at no expense to the person, to determine
whether or not he meets such standards; provided, however, that the Board may waive the requirement for such
examination in the case of temporary employment. The Personnel Director shall designate the physician to make an
examination. If the person is found by a designated physician not to meet the prescribed standards, his name shall be:
(a) Withheld from placement on the employment list by the Personnel Director; or
(b) Removed from the employment list by the Personnel Director; or
(c) Withheld from certification by the Personnel Director.
In the event of employment in advance of medical and physical examination, a person found by a designated
physician not to meet the prescribed standards shall be separated unless granted an adequate waiver.
The board may in the exercise of its discretion grant a waiver of medical and physical standards. Such waiver
may be:
(a) Permanent in nature in cases where a waiver of minor physical defects will clearly serve the interests of the
City and such waiver is recommended by the examining physician and the Personnel Director, or
(b) Temporary in nature, subject to the attainment of the required standards within such period of time and upon
such conditions as may be prescribed by the Board. A person failing to comply with the terms of such temporary
waiver shall be separated on order of the Personnel Director. (Ord. 3267 §1(part), 1968.)
3.16.080 Nature and Types of Examinations.
The selection techniques used in the examination process shall be impartial, of a practical nature and shall relate to
those subjects which, in the opinion of the Personnel Director and the department head, fairly measure the relative
capacities of the class to which they seek to be appointed. Examination shall consist of selection techniques which
will test fairly the qualifications of candidates such as, but not necessarily limited to achievement and aptitude tests,
other written tests, personal interviews, performance tests, physical agility tests, evaluation of daily work
performance, work samples, medical tests, or any combination of these or other tests. (Ord. 3267 §1(part), 1968.)
3.16.085 Pre-employment Information.
In an examination for employment, the Personnel Director shall require as a prerequisite to such employment the
taking of fingerprints of all applicants achieving a position on the employment list. The Personnel Director may
make special inquiry into past records of all applicants and any other investigation deemed necessary. (Ord. 3267
§1(part), 1968.)
3.16.090 Promotional Examinations.
Promotional examinations shall be conducted whenever the needs of the service require. Promotional
examinations may include any of the selection techniques mentioned in Section 3.16.080 of this chapter, or any
combination of them. Only City employees who meet the requirements set forth in the promotional examination
announcements may compete in promotional examinations. (Ord. 3704 §1, 1974; Ord. 3267 §1(part), 1968.)
47 rev. 6/30/10