DAY CARE CENTER
Means an establishment, whether public or private, which
provides care for children and is registered with and licensed pursuant
to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Office of
Child Care Services.
ELDERLY HOUSING FACILITY
Means a building or buildings on the same lot containing
four or more dwelling units restricted to occupancy by households
having one or more members 55 years of age or older.
ESTABLISHING A RESIDENCE
Means to set up or bring into being a dwelling place or an
abode where a person sleeps, which may include more than one location,
and may be mobile or transitory, or by means of purchasing real property
or entering into a lease or rental agreement for real property (including
a renewal or extension of a prior agreement whether through written
execution or automatic renewal).
PARK
Means public land designated for active or passive recreational
or athletic use by the Town of Rockland, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
or other governmental subdivision, and located within the Town of
Rockland.
PERMANENT RESIDENCE
Means a place where a person lives, abides, lodges, or resides
for five or more consecutive days or 14 or more days in the aggregate
during any calendar year.
PLACE OF WORSHIP
Means a structure used for religious worship or religious
education purposes on land owned by, or held in trust for the use
of, any religious organization.
SCHOOL
Means any public or private education facility that provides
services to children in grades kindergarten – 12.
SEX OFFENDER
As defined in MGL c. 6, § 178C, means a person
who resides, works or attends an institution of higher learning in
the commonwealth and who has been convicted of a sex offense or who
has been adjudicated as a youthful offender or as a delinquent juvenile
by reason of a sex offense or a person released from incarceration
or parole or probation supervision or custody with the Department
of Youth Services for such a conviction or adjudication or a person
who has been adjudicated a sexually dangerous person under MGL c.
123A, § 14, as in force at the time of adjudication, or
a person released from civil commitment pursuant to MGL c. 123A, § 9,
whichever last occurs, on or after August 1, 1981.
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
Means the collected information and data that is received
by the criminal history systems board pursuant to MGL c. 6, §§ 178C
to 178P, inclusive, as such information and data is modified or amended
by the sex offender registry board or a court of competent jurisdiction
pursuant to said §§ 178C to 178P, inclusive.
TOWN LIBRARY
Means the structure in which the Rockland Memorial Library
is located.