(a) No person who is required to participate in any form of sex offender registration with the Sheriff of the county in which they reside shall establish residency or occupy residential premises within 2,500 feet of any school premises, licensed day care center, licensed pre-school, Village owned park, Village owned playground, Village owned recreational facility, library or public pool. Village ownership shall include property contributed by the Village of Sunbury to a Joint Venture agreement with another political subdivision pursuant to Ohio R.C. 755.16.
(b) If a person who is required to participate in any form of sex offender registration with the Sheriff of the county in which they reside violates this section by establishing a residence or occupying residential premises within 2,500 feet of any school premises, licensed day care center, licensed pre-school, Village owned park, Village owned playground, Village owned recreational facility, library or public pool, the Village of Sunbury has a cause of action for injunctive relief against said person. The Village shall not be required to prove irreparable harm in order to obtain injunctive relief.
(c) The provisions of the Ohio Revised Code which are now or hereafter in effect concerning the requirements for registration of sex offenders with the Sheriff of the county in which they reside are hereby adopted by reference.
(d) Council finds that because children are especially vulnerable to being victims of sexually abusive behavior, kidnapping and abduction, and are likely to be present a significant amount of time on or near school premises, licensed day care centers, licensed pre-schools, Village owned parks, Village owned playgrounds, Village owned recreational facilities, libraries or public pools, a person who is required to participate in any form of sex offender registration with the Sheriff of the county in which they reside must not establish residence or occupy residential premises within 2,500 feet of any school premises, licensed day care center, licensed pre-school, Village owned park, Village owned playground, Village owned recreational facility, library or public pool.
(e) Sunbury Village Council hereby adopts the determinations and the intent of the Ohio General Assembly as articulated in Ohio R.C. 2950.02.
(f) The Village adopts the definitions now and hereinafter in effect for school premises, preschool, daycare, public park, playground, recreational facility, library or public pools as defined by the laws of the State of Ohio.
(g) It is hereby declared to be the intention of Council that the subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and words of this section are severable, and if any word, clause, sentence, paragraph or subsection of this section shall be declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining words, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and subsections 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 subsection. (Ord. 2007-32. Passed 1-16-08.)