The city finds and declares that predatory offenders present an extreme threat to public safety. Predatory offenders are likely to use physical violence and to repeat their offenses, and most predatory offenders commit many offenses, have many more victims than are ever reported and are prosecuted for only a fraction of their crimes. This makes the cost of predatory offender victimization to society at large, while incalculable, unmistakably steep. It is the intent of this chapter to serve the city’s compelling interest to promote, protect and improve the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the city by imposing residency restrictions upon predatory offenders and creating safety zones around locations where vulnerable populations regularly congregate in concentrated numbers wherein certain predatory offenders are prohibited from establishing temporary or permanent residence and wherein access by predatory offenders shall be restricted and excluded.
(2002 Code, § 6.85) (Ord. 42A, Seventh Series, effective 4-23-2016)