[Adopted 10-15-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007]
The adoption of Megan's Law has increased public awareness of sexual offenders by
requiring them to register with authorities and making such information
available to the public. The Village Board of the Village of Hamburg
hereby enacts this article to prevent sex offenders from residing
or living near areas where children regularly meet and congregate.
The Village Board of the Village of Hamburg believes that this article
is necessary to further protect the best interests of all children,
and to protect the health, safety and welfare of residents in the
Village of Hamburg.
No person over the age of 18 years who has been
convicted of a violation of a sexual offense upon a child aged 16
years or under, as defined by the New York State Penal Law, which
would require that individual to register as a sex offender under
state and/or federal laws, shall be permitted to reside or live within
1,500 feet of the real property of any school, park, playground, recreation
center or day-care facility in the Village of Hamburg, unless such
residence has been assigned by a supervised release program which
provides close supervision of the sex offender's daily activity or
the residency of said offender was established prior to the enactment
of this article.