(A) Definitions. In this section the city hereby incorporates by reference the definitions from state statutes found at ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, §§ 11-9.3(c) and 11-9.4(d).
(B) Residency restrictions.
(1) It shall be unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly reside within 2,000 feet of a school building or the real property comprising any school that persons under the age of 18 attend.
(2) It shall be unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly reside within 2,000 feet of a playground or a facility providing programs or services exclusively directed toward persons under 18 years of age.
(C) Exceptions.
(1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a child sex offender from residing within 2,000 feet of a school building or the real property comprising any school that persons under 18 years of age attend, if the property is owned by the child sex offender and was purchased before the effective date of this section, or the property is leased or rented by the child sex offender and the sex offender resided at said premises before the effective date of this section.
(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a child sex offender from residing within 2,000 feet of a playground or a facility providing programs or services exclusively directed toward persons under 18 years of age, if the property is owned by the child sex offender and was purchased before the effective date of this section or the property is leased or rented by the child sex offender and he resided at the premises prior to the effective date of this section.
(D) Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined in accordance with § 10.99.
(Ord. O-06-04, passed 1-23-06) Penalty, see § 10.99