Sec. A2-23. Council districts.
(a) Number of districts. There shall be nine (9) council districts.
(b) Council districts. The districts from which the City of Topeka Councilmembers shall be nominated shall be based on the ward and precinct descriptions as follows:
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District Number |
Ward |
Precinct |
|---|---|---|
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1 |
2 |
11 |
|
3 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 |
|
|
7 |
1, 2, 3, 7, 8 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 96 |
|
2 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 |
|
|
3 |
2 |
6, 7, 8 |
|
4 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 |
|
|
6 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
4 |
7, 8, 9 |
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5 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 91 |
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|
5 |
6 |
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
|
9 |
4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 |
|
|
12 |
12 |
|
|
6 |
3 |
7 |
|
8 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
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|
9 |
1, 2, 3 |
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|
10 |
8 |
|
|
7 |
9 |
8 |
|
11 |
9, 10 |
|
|
12 |
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 60, 70 |
|
|
13 |
1, 4, 6, 7 |
|
|
8 |
11 |
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
|
12 |
1, 2, 3, 13, 14, 15, 41 |
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|
13 |
2, 3, 5, 21, 22, 30 |
|
|
9 |
7 |
4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 |
|
10 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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|
11 |
2 |
|
|
12 |
19, 81, 91 |
(c) Revision of boundary lines. In July of 2012 and in July of every tenth year thereafter, the Council shall appoint a Commission of Electors of the city who shall examine the plan of districts and shall, by September 30 of each such year, recommend to the Council such revisions in the boundary lines of the nine (9) districts so as to meet the requirements stated below in subsection (d) of this section. On or prior to December 31 of each such year, the Council by ordinary ordinance shall reestablish such district boundaries as recommended by the Commission of Electors or shall reject in whole or in part the recommendations of the Commission of Electors and reestablish the boundaries as it sees fit so as to meet the requirements stated below in subsection (d). The Council shall certify the boundaries so reestablished to the Election Commissioner of Shawnee County. The Commission appointed to recommend revisions to district lines in 2012 and subsequent Commissions shall have at least one (1) elector from each district. The Council may, by ordinary ordinance, establish specific Commission procedure and membership requirements consistent with the general policies established by this Charter Ordinance.
Any territory hereafter annexed to or consolidated with the City of Topeka, Kansas, shall at the time of such annexation or consolidation be added to an adjacent district or districts by an ordinance of the Council; provided, that if any territory annexed or consolidated prior to June 1 of the year preceding a city election shall contain population sufficient in number to upset the approximate equality of the established districts, the Council shall provide for redistricting the city in accord with the procedures described in this section.
(d) Requirements for reestablishing district boundary lines. The boundary lines for District 1 through District 9 from which districts Councilmembers shall be elected shall be reestablished by the Commission of Electors and the Council so as to:
(1) Contain within each district a population which to the greatest extent feasible is equal to one-ninth (1/9) of the total population of the city, but which under no circumstances shall be greater or less than one-ninth (1/9) of the total population of the city by more than two and one-half (2.5) percent based on the most recent U. S. decennial or State of Kansas census;
(2) Maintain a reasonably compact area in each district and avoid when possible any noncontiguous zones or any unusually exaggerated extension of district lines;
(3) Follow election precinct lines as established by the Shawnee County Election Commissioner and be described in terms of the wards and precincts contained in each district;
(4) Avoid use of number of registered voters by party or other partisan data;
(5) Maintain, as much as possible, the integrity of broadly cohesive areas of interest;
(6) Avoid boundary lines that result in a Councilmember residing outside his or her elected district during the Councilmember’s current term of office. (C.O. 94 § 9, 7-20-04.)
Cross Reference: Council districts, TMC 2.15.090.