For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CHILD. Any person under the age of 18.
DESIGNATED PREDATORY OFFENDER. Any person that is required to register as a predatory sexual offender under M.S. § 243.166, as it may be amended from time to time, or any successor statute, and who has been categorized as a Level III predatory offender under M.S. § 244.052, Subd. 2, as it may be amended from time to time, or any successor statute, or a similar statute from another state.
LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER. A child care center that is licensed by Blue Earth County, Minnesota Public Health and Human Services.
PERMANENT RESIDENCE. A place where a person abides, lodges or resides for 14 or more consecutive days. An ownership or leasehold interest is not required.
PUBLIC PARK/PLAYGROUND/RECREATIONAL CENTER. Any city-owned, county-owned, state-owned or privately-owned but open to the public area, designed, equipped and set aside for children’s play and includes in that area such facilities as play equipment, surfacing, fencing, signs, internal pathways, internal land forms, vegetation and related structures.
PUBLIC TRAIL. A trail designated by a city, county, state or federal government for the use of the public for recreational pursuits such as hiking, walking, running or cycling.
SCHOOL. Any public or nonpublic preschool, elementary or secondary school.
TEMPORARY RESIDENCE. A place where a person abides, lodges or resides for a period of 14 or more days in the aggregate during any 365-day period (year) and which is not the person’s permanent address or a place where the person routinely abides, lodges or resides for a period of four or more consecutive or non-consecutive days in any month and which is not the person’s permanent residence.
(Ord. 294, passed 10-5-2015)