All city employees, except for municipal officers as provided for in Section 2.44.010, and except for certain police officers as provided for hereinafter, are permitted
to reside outside of the city provided that all said employees must reside within
the State of Illinois within thirty days of the date of hiring, and all employee residences
must be located within twenty-five miles of the corporate limits of the city by the
normal traveled route; in regard to police officers, all said police officers must
maintain their residences within the State of Illinois and within sixty miles of the
corporate limits of the city, except for the chief of police, who is required to maintain
his residence within the State of Illinois and within the corporate limits of the
city.