(A) The Board of Commissioners of the city finds:
(1) That the available evidence indicates that the recidivism rate for sex offenders is alarmingly high, especially for those sex offenders whose victims are children; and
(2) That the regulations and penalties established by this chapter are necessary to promote the public health of the city's citizens, particularly the physical and mental health of the children who reside within the City, and to regulate circumstances which are a threat to public health and to punish violations of those regulations, as contemplated by Tex, hoc. Govt. Code § 54.001(b).
(B) The regulations established by this chapter serve the city's compelling interest to promote, protect and improve the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City by creating areas around locations where children regularly congregate in concentrated numbers wherein sex offenders are prohibited from loitering or prohibited from residing and by prohibiting contact by Sex Offenders with children who trick or treat.
(Ord. 783, passed 7-19-10)