(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Childcare Facility" means any preschool, daycare or other facility for the care of children that is licensed by the State of Ohio.
(2) "Park or Recreation Facility" mean any land and/or building owned or controlled by the City of North Olmsted and used for park or recreation purposes, including, but not limited to, the Recreation Center, Clague Park, North Olmsted Park, and Barton-Bradley Soccer Field.
(3) "Public Body" has the same meaning as found in Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(4) "Registered Offender" means any person who is required to register with a County Sheriff pursuant to any of the provisions of Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2950, including, but not limited to, Sections 2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05.
(b) No registered offender shall do the following:
(1) Shall establish a residence or occupy residential premises within 2000 feet of any property line of any real property located in the City of North Olmsted upon which is located any elementary or secondary public or private school, or any library or childcare facility. This local regulation shall not apply to a residence that was purchased by a registered offender, or for the first year of a written lease of a residence signed by a registered offender, prior to the effective date of this Ordinance; or
(2) Establish a residence or occupy residential premises with any one or more registered offenders, when the registered offenders are not legally related by blood, marriage or adoption. For purposes of this section, a "residence" and "residential premises" exist at a particular location, at a particular time, the moment a registered offender uses that location's address or other identifying information to register with the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department.
(c) No registered offender shall enter upon or remain in any Park or Recreation Facility, except to attend the meeting of a public body.
(d) If a registered offender violates paragraphs (b) or (c) of this section by establishing a residence or occupying residential premises within two thousand feet of any elementary or secondary public or private school, or any library or childcare facility in the City of North Olmsted, or by entering upon or remaining in any Park or Recreation Facility, except for the purpose of attending a meeting of a public body, the Director of Law, upon notice from the Chief of Police, shall, on behalf of the City, have a cause of action for injunctive relief against the registered offender. As provided in Section 2950.031 of the Ohio Revised Code, the City shall not be required to prove irreparable harm in order to obtain the relief.
(e) In addition to the foregoing civil remedy provided to enforce these civil regulations relating to registered offenders, any registered offender who violates either paragraph (b) or (c) of this section shall be guilty of a fourth degree misdemeanor and, minimally, fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day for the first five days of his or her violation, and two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per day for every subsequent day of violation. For purposes of this paragraph, each day during which such violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
(Ord. 2010-99. Passed 9-8-10.)