Number
140364
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
070237
Sponsor
ALD. ZIELINSKI, PEREZ, DONOVAN AND BAUMAN
Title
An 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. A designated sex offender is 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 offenses include first degree sexual assault, sexual intercourse with a child and incest with a child.
A designated offender shall not establish a permanent 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.
The residency restriction does not apply if:
1. The sex offender established the permanent residence or temporary residence before the effective date of this section.
2. The sex offender was under 17 years of age, and is not required to register under
s. 301.45 or 301.46, Wis. Stats.
3. 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 sex offender established the permanent residence or temporary residence.
4. The residence is also the primary residence of the sex offender’s spouse, parents, grandparents, siblings or children provided that such spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling or child established...
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