(a) No person who has been convicted of, is convicted of, 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 and has been classified as a sexual predator shall establish a residence or occupy residential premises within 2,500 feet of any location where school-age children are known to congregate including, but not limited to, school premises, preschool, daycare, public park, library, or public pool that is located within the City.
(b) If a person to whom subsection (a) hereof applies violates subsection (a) hereof by establishing a residence or occupying residential premises within 2,500 feet of any location where school-age children are known to congregate including, but not limited to, school premises, preschool, daycare, public park, library or public pool, that is located within the City, 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, 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 and has been classified as a sexual predator.
(d) Council finds that because children are especially vulnerable to being victims of sexually abusive behavior, kidnapping, and abduction, and are likely to spend a significant amount of time on or near school premises, preschools, daycares, public parks, libraries and public pools, certain persons who have been convicted of, or have plead guilty to, a sexually oriented offense or child victim oriented offense and classified as a sexual predator must not establish a residence or occupy residential premises within 2,500 feet of any location where school-age children are known to congregate including, but not limited to, school premises, preschool, daycare, public park, library or public pool.
(e) Council adopts the determinations and intent of the Ohio General Assembly as articulated in Ohio R.C. 2950.02.
(f) The City adopts the definitions now and hereafter in effect for school premises, preschool, daycare, public park, library or public pool as defined by the law of Ohio.
(g) 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 of decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity 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 in this section of any such unconstitutional or invalid word, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
(Ord. 85-2007. Passed 8-23-07.)
(Ord. 85-2007. Passed 8-23-07.)