(A) Repeat predatory offenders present a threat to the public safety of the community as a whole, especially children. Predatory offenders assigned a risk level III under the risk assessment scale established by the Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections are more likely than other classifications of offenders to use physical violence, to repeat their offenses, to have committed multiple offenses, to have more victims than are ever reported, and, as a result, to be prosecuted for only a fraction of their crimes. Predatory offenders assigned a risk level III under the risk assessment scale established by the Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections who reside in close proximity to places and areas frequented by children are more likely to develop a relationship or familiarity with a child that would increase such predatory offender's likelihood to re-offend. The cost of predatory offender victimization to society at large, while not precisely calculable, is steep.
(B) As expressed in M.S. § 412.221, Subd. 32, the city has power to provide for the prevention of crime, the benefit of residence, and the promotion of health, safety, order, convenience, and the general welfare, as it deems necessary and expedient.’
(C) The city has a compelling interest in promoting, protecting, and improving the health, safety, and general welfare of its citizens, and specifically has a compelling interest to protect against the serious threat to children posed by predatory offenders, including the risk of recidivism and harm that released sex offenders, assessed at a risk level III due to their high risk of re-offense, will pose to this community.
(D) By this section, the city prohibits certain predatory offenders of risk level III from establishing temporary or permanent residence in certain locations where children are known to regularly congregate in concentrated numbers.
(Ord. 1608, passed 12-13-16)