[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of East
Aurora 4-25-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
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 East Aurora hereby enacts this chapter to prevent sex offenders from residing
in or living near areas where children regularly meet and congregate. The
Village Board of the Village of East Aurora believes that this legislation
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 East
Aurora.
No person over the age of 18 years, who has been convicted of a violation
of a sexual offense upon a child of age 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
or day-care center in the Village of East Aurora, 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 chapter.
Failure to comply with this chapter is considered a violation and may
result in a fine of $1,500 and/or imprisonment for 15 days.
