(A) Definitions. 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 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 5/12-14.1);
(c) Indecent solicitation of a child (720 ILCS 5/11-6);
(d) Public indecency committed on school property (720 ILCS 5/119);
(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 (720 ILCS 5/11-15.1);
(h) Patronizing a juvenile prostitute (720 ILCS 5/11-18.1);
(i) Exploitation of a child (720 ILCS 5/11-19.2);
(j) Child pornography (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1);
(k) Criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12-13);
(l) Aggravated criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12-14);
(m) Aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12-16);
(n) Kidnapping or aggravated kidnapping (720 ILCS 5/10-1 or 720 ILCS 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. 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 shall also include any privately owned recreational area upon which the city has been authorized by its owner to patrol and enforce the ordinances contained in this chapter. The term PARK shall also include ancillary restrooms and vehicle parking lots designated for use primarily by park patrons or school students and their families.
SCHOOL. Any real property used primarily for educational or childcare purposes, including, but not limited to, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, dance studios, licensed child daycare facilities, and pre-schools.
(Prior Code, § 27-15-1)
(B) Prohibited acts.
(1) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to reside within 1,500 feet of any of the following:
(a) The real property comprising any school attended by persons under the age of 18 years; or
(b) The real property comprising any park.
(2) 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:
(a) The real property comprising any school attended by persons under the age of 18 years; or
(b) The real property comprising any park.
(3) It is unlawful for any person, corporation, business, partnership, trust, manager, or other entity to employ a sex offender within 1,500 feet of any festival or other event which is open to the public.
(4) 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:
(a) The real property comprising any school attended by persons under the age of 18 years; or
(b) The real property comprising any park.
(Prior Code, § 27-15-2)
(C) Other provisions.
(1) In the event a court of competent jurisdiction should declare the terms of any portion of this section invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this section shall remain in full force and effect.
(2) All distances designated in this section shall be measured from the lot line of the park property or school property and from the lot line of the subject residence.
(3) 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.
(Prior Code, § 27-15-4)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 720 ILCS 5/11-9.1, 720 ILCS 5/10-(b)(10), 720 ILCS 5/10-1, 720 ILCS 5/10-2, 720 ILCS 5/10-3, 720 ILCS 5/10-3.1, 720 ILCS 5/10-5(b)(10), 720 ILCS 5/10-7, 720 ILCS 5/11-6, 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1, 720 ILCS 5/11-19.2, 720 ILCS 5/11-20.1, 720 ILCS 5/12-13, 720 ILCS 5/12-14, 720 5/12-14.1, 720 ILCS 5/12-16, 720 ILCS 5/119, 730 ILCS 150/1 et seq.