(a) No person who has been convicted of, is convicted of, or has pleaded 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 a residence or occupy a residential premises within 1,500 feet of any school premises, preschool, daycare center, public park, library, or public pool located in the City of Lorain.
(b) If a person to whom subsection (a) hereof applies violates subsection (a) by establishing residence within 1,500 feet of any school premises, preschool, daycare, daycare center, public park, library, or public pool that is located within the City of Lorain, then the Director of Law has a cause of action for injunctive relief against the person. The City shall not be required to prove irreparable harm in order to obtain the relief.
(c) The City adopts the provisions of the law of Ohio now or hereafter in effect concerning the definition, determination, registration, or classification of a person who has been convicted of, or pleads or has pleaded 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.
(d) Council adopts the determinations and intent of the Ohio General Assembly as articulated in Ohio R.C. 2950.02.
(e) The City adopts the definitions now and hereafter in effect for school premises, preschool, daycare center, public parks, library, or public pool as defined by the law of Ohio.
(f) It is hereby declared to be the intention of Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and words of this section are severable and if any word, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this section shall be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or illegality shall not affect any of the remaining words, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this section, because the same would have been enacted by Council without the incorporation of this section of any such unconstitutional or invalid word, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
(Ord. 67-06. Passed 5-1-06.)