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CHAPTER 151
Sexually Oriented Offender-Residency Restrictions
151.01   Intent and purpose.
151.02   Residency restrictions; injunctive relief/enforcement.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Obscenity and sex offenses - see GEN.OFF. Ch. 533
 
151.01 INTENT AND PURPOSE.
   It is the intent and purpose of this Chapter to prohibit a sexually oriented offender from establishing residence near any school, licensed daycare center, library, publicly owned playground or park land, and any privately owned land used as a youth sports facility.
(Ord. 2007-011. Passed 3-26-07.)
151.02 RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF/ENFORCEMENT.
   (a)   No person who has been convicted of, is convicted of, has plead guilty to, or pleads guilty to either a sexually oriented offense that is not a registration-exempt sexually oriented offense or a child victim oriented offense shall establish, occupy or maintain a residence within 1,000 feet of any school premises, licensed day care facility, library, publicly owned playground or park land, and any privately owned land used as a youth sports facility.
   (b)   If a person to whom subsection (a) hereof applies violates subsection (a) hereof by establishing, occupying, or maintaining a residence within 1,000 feet of any school premises, licensed day care center, library, publicly owned playground or park land, or any privately owned land used as a youth sports facility, the owner or lessor of the occupied real property, or the owner of the school premises, licensed day care center, library, publicly owned playground or park land, and any privately owned land used as a youth sports facility and the Groveport Law Director, or his/her designee, has jurisdiction over the place at which the person establishes, occupies, or maintains the residential premises in question, has a cause of action for injunctive relief against the person. The plaintiff shall not be required to prove irreparable harm in order to obtain the relief.
   (c)   If any portion of this chapter shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, unconstitutional, and/or unenforceable, such portion shall be excised to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining portions not so stricken shall remain in full force and effect. (Ord. 2007-011. Passed 3-26-07.)