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 17.
CHILD CARE FACILITY. A family day care home which provides regular care to no more than four children under 14 years of age, excluding children related to the caretaker, and provides care after school hours for not more than six additional elementary school children, but the total number of children, including those related to the caretaker, shall not exceed 12 at any given time.
CHILD CARE INSTITUTION. A commercial day care center, which provides regular care to any number of adults or children for less than 24 hours a day.
CHILD SAFETY ZONE. Means public parks, private and public schools, public library, amusement arcades, video arcades, indoor and outdoor amusement centers, amusement parks, public or commercial and semi-private swimming pools, child care facility, child care institution, public or private youth soccer or baseball field, crisis center or shelter, skate park or rink, public or private youth center, movie theater, bowling alley, scouting facilities and Offices for Child Protective Services.
DATABASE. The Texas Department of Public Safety's Sex Offender Database or the Sex Offender Registration files maintained by the Sex Offender Registration Officer of the Mount Pleasant Police Department.
LOITER. Means standing or sitting idly, whether the person is in a vehicle or remaining in or around an area.
PARK or PLAYGROUND. One of the following:
(1) Any land, including improvements to the land that is administered, operated, or managed by the city for the use of the general public as a recreational area; or
(2) City recreational areas include, but are not limited to, conservation area, jogging trail, hiking trail, bicycle trail, recreational center, water park, swimming pool, soccer field or baseball field.
PERMANENT RESIDENCE. A place where the person abides, lodges, or resides for 14 or more consecutive days.
PLACES WHERE CHILDREN REGULARLY CONGREGATE. Same as CHILD SAFETY ZONE.
PUBLIC WAY. Any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, shopping centers, parking lots, transportation facilities, restaurants, shops, and similar areas that are open to the use of the public.
SCHOOL. A private or public pre-school, private or public elementary school, or private or public secondary school.
SEX OFFENDER. An individual who has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication for a sexual offense involving a person under 17 years of age for which the individual is required to register as a sex offender under Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure, Ch. 62.
TEMPORARY RESIDENCE. A place where a person abides, lodges, or resides for a period of 14 or more days in the aggregate, during any calendar 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. 2018-13, passed 12-4-18)