(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CHILD SEX OFFENDER. Includes any person required to register his or her residence address with any state, or with the federal government, as a result of his or her conviction as a sex offender, where the victim of that sex offense was under the age of 18 years at the time of the offense. A CHILD SEX OFFENDER includes, but is not limited to, any person required to register under the state’s Sex Offender Registration Act, 730 ILCS 150/1 et seq., as now or as hereafter amended, where the victim was under the age of 18 years at the time of the offense. A CHILD SEX OFFENDER further includes, but is not limited to, any person who has been convicted of any of the following statutory offenses, or convicted of attempting to commit any of the following statutory offenses, as now or hereafter amended, involving a victim under the age of 18 years:
(a) Sexual exploitation of a child (720 ILCS 5/11-9.1);
(b) Predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (720 ILCS 5/11-1.40);
(c) Indecent solicitation of a child (720 ILCS 5/11-6);
(d) Public indecency committed on school property (720 ILCS 5/11-30);
(e) Child luring (720 ILCS 5/10-5(b)(10));
(f) Aiding and abetting child abduction (720 ILCS 5/10-7 or 720 ILCS 5/10-(b)(10));
(g) Soliciting for a juvenile prostitute;
(h) Patronizing a juvenile prostitute (720 ILCS 5/11-18.1);
(i) Exploitation of a child;
(j) Child pornography (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1);
(k) Criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/11-1.20);
(l) Aggravated criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/11-1.30);
(m) Aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/11-1.60);
(n) Kidnaping or aggravated kidnaping (720 ILCS 5/10-1 or 5/10-2); and
(o) Unlawful restraint or aggravated unlawful restraint (720 ILCS 5/10-3 or 5/10-3.1).
LOITER. Standing or sitting idly, whether or not the person is in a vehicle or remaining in or around property that is from time to time frequented by persons under the age of 18 years.
PARK. Includes any playground, walking track, athletic field, gymnasium, basketball court, baseball diamond or other real estate owned or controlled by a school or unit of a local government, that is designated primarily for recreation. The term PARK includes ancillary restrooms and vehicle parking lots designated for use primarily by park patrons or school students and their families.
PUBLIC POOL. Includes any parcel of real estate containing any natatorium or other improved real estate, designated or intended for swimming, water recreation or water sports, whether operated or owned by a public entity, or to which memberships are sold to the public.
SCHOOL. Any real property used primarily for educational or child care purposes, including, but not limited to, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, dance studios, licensed child day care facilities and pre-schools.
(B) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to reside within 1,500 feet of any of the following:
(1) The real property comprising any school attended by persons under the age of 18 years;
(2) The real property comprising any park; or
(3) Any public pool.
(C) It is unlawful for any child sex offender to loiter on any public property, public right-of-way, or area designated for parking of motor vehicles, within 1,500 feet of any of the following, unless the person loitering is with a child under the age of 18 years and the person loitering is a parent, step-parent, aunt, uncle, cousin, sibling or step-sibling of that child under the age of 18 years:
(1) The real property comprising any school attended by persons under the age of 18 years;
(2) The real property comprising any park; or
(3) Any public pool.
(D) It is unlawful for any person, corporation, business, partnership, trust, manager or other entity, to enter into a lease agreement, or to renew any lease agreement, letting residential real estate to a child sex offender, where the lot line of the residential property is within 1,500 feet of any of the following:
(1) The real property comprising any school attended by persons under the age of 18 years;
(2) The real property comprising any park; or
(3) Any public pool.
(E) All distances designated in this section shall be measured from the lot line of the park property, public pool property or school property, and from the lot line of the subject residence.
(F) Nothing in this section prohibits a child sex offender from residing within 1,500 feet of any property, if that residence is owned or leased by the child sex offender before the effective date of this section. This section is intended to apply to and prevent such new residential lease agreements, and renewals of expired residential leases, entered into after the effective date of this section.
(1960 Code, § 30-1-49) (Ord. 7211, passed 12-15-2008) Penalty, see § 130.99