Definitions:
DAY-CARE CENTER
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
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
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).
LEVEL 2 OFFENDER
The designation given to a sex offender when it has been
determined that the individual's risk of re-offense is moderate and
the degree of dangerousness posed to the public is such that a public
safety interest is served by public access to sex offender registry
information.
LEVEL 3 OFFENDER
The designation given to a sex offender when it has been
determined that the individual's risk of re-offense is high and the
degree of dangerousness posed to the public is such that a substantial
public safety interest is served by active dissemination (community
notification) of sex offender registry information.
LOITER
Remaining in or around park property for more than 15 minutes.
PARK
Land owned or controlled by a unit of local government, and
located within the Town of Barre, that is designated by the unit of
local government for use solely or primarily for children's recreation,
including recreation areas but not limited to jogging trails, hiking
trails, water parks, swimming pools, soccer fields, baseball fields,
football fields, or any other field or improved area under the jurisdiction
of a unit of local government.
PERMANENT RESIDENCE
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
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
Any public or private educational facility that provides
services to children in grades Kindergarten through 12.
SEX OFFENDER
As defined in MGL c. 6, § 178C, 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, § 9A, 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.
SEX OFFENSE INVOLVING A CHILD
An indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 under
MGL c. 265, § 13B; rape of a child under 16 with force under
MGL c. 265, § 22A; rape and abuse of a child under MGL c.
265, § 23; assault of a child with intent to commit rape
under MGL c. 265, § 24B; kidnapping of a child under the
age of 16 under MGL c. 265, § 26; enticing a child under
the age of 16 for purposes of committing a crime under MGL c. 265,
§ 26C; inducing a minor into prostitution under MGL c. 272,
§ 4A; living off or sharing earnings of a minor prostitute
under MGL c. 272, § 4B; posing or exhibiting a child in
the state of nudity under MGL c. 272, § 29A; dissemination
of visual material of a child in a state of nudity or sexual conduct
under MGL c. 272, § 29B; unnatural and lascivious acts with
a child under 16 under MGL c. 272, § 35A; aggravated rape
under MGL c. 277, § 39; and any attempt to commit a violation
of any of the aforementioned sections pursuant to MGL c. 274, § 6
or a like violation of the laws of another state, the United States
military, territorial or Indian tribal authority.
TEMPORARY RESIDENCE
A place where a person lives, abides, lodges, or resides
for a period of less than five consecutive days or 14 days in the
aggregate during any calendar year, which is not the person's permanent
address or place where the person routinely lives, abides, lodges,
or resides and which is not the person's permanent residence.
TOWN LIBRARY
The structure in which the Barre Public Library is located.