[Adopted 10-28-2013 STM
by Art. 9]
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).
PARK
Public land designated for active or passive recreational
or athletic use by the Town of Lancaster, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
or other governmental subdivision, and located within the Town of
Lancaster.
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 – 12.
SEX OFFENDER
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 Section 9 of
said Chapter 123A, whichever last occurs, on or after August 1, 1981.
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
The collected information and data that is received by the
criminal history systems board pursuant to Sections 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 Sections 178C to 178P, inclusive.
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.