Number
070237
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. ZIELINSKI, BOHL AND DONOVAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to residency restrictions and loitering regulations for sex offenders.
Sections
106-51 cr
106-53 cr
Analysis
This ordinance creates a residency restriction for designated sexual offenders. Designated sexual offenders are defined as any person who is required to register under s. 301.45, Wis. Stats., Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry Program, for any offense against a child or any person who is required to register under s. 301.45, Wis. Stats., and who has been designated a Special Bulletin Notification (SBN) sex offender pursuant to s. 301.46(2) and (2m), Wis. Stats. Examples of registerable offense include but are not limited to first degree sexual assault, sexual intercourse with a child and incest with a child.
A designated offender shall not establish a permanent residence or temporary residence within 2,000 feet of any school, licensed day care center, park, recreational trail, playground or any other place designated by the city as a place where children are known to congregate. The city clerk shall maintain an official map showing prohibited locations as defined by this section.
Exceptions to the residency restriction include:
· A person established the permanent residence or temporary residence before the effective day of this section.
· The person was under 17 years of age and is not required to register under s. 301.45 or 301.46, Wis. Stats.
· The school, licensed day care center, park, recreational trail, playground or any other place designated by the city as a place where children are known to congregate opened after the person established the permanent residence or temporary residence.
· The residence is also the primary residence of the person’s parents, grandparents, siblings, spouse or children provided that such parent, grandparent, sibling, spouse or child established the residence at least 2 years before t...
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