In a case decided yesterday, the Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals, held that Akron City employees must live in Akron if they want to keep their jobs. The Court’s decision upholding a residency restriction in Akron City Charter amendments (Section 105a) held that O.R.C. sec. 9.48.1 is unconstitutional. ORC sec. 9.48.1 was enacted 5/1/06 and generally prohibits political subdivisions from requiring their employees to live where they work. In December, another Court of Appeals upheld a Lima residency law similar to the one in Akron. Click here to read a story and listen to audio clips of responses from akronnewsnow.com. The Eighth District appeals Court has yet to decide the legality of similar residency restrictions for Cleveland employees.