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Borough of Dublin, PA
Bucks County
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[Ord. 274, 2/13/2006, § 1]
CHILD CARE FACILITY
A licensed day care center, child care facility or any other child care services facility exempt from licensing pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
The area of land and/or water restricted from future development for the purpose of protecting natural features or for providing recreational opportunities for residents of Dublin Borough which said open space is regulated, maintained all/or owned by the Borough of Dublin.
COMMUNITY CENTER
A building and related facilities used for educational, social, cultural or recreational activities.
PERMANENT RESIDENCE
A place where a person lives, abides, lodges or resides for 14 or more consecutive days.
PUBLIC PARK OR RECREATIONAL FACILITY
Any recreational facility, playground or park, owned or operated by the Borough or any other governmental agency, including, but not limited to, the Pennridge School District, the County of Bucks or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
SCHOOL
Any public or private school which provides education services to a minor.
SEX OFFENDER
Any person, over the age of 18 years of age, who has been convicted of any crime against a minor identified in 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9795.1 which includes, but is not limited to, kidnaping, luring a child into a motor vehicle, institutional sexual assault, indecent assault, incest, prostitution, receiving sexual materials, sexual abuse of children, unlawful contact with minors, sexual exploitation of children, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and individuals convicted of any attempt to commit any of the offenses enumerated therein.
TEMPORARY RESIDENCE
A place where a person lives, abides, lodges, or resides for a period of less than 14 days in the aggregate during any calendar year, which is not the persons permanent address or place where the person routinely lives, abides, lodges or resides and which is not the person's permanent residence.
[Ord. 274, 2/13/2006, § 2]
1. 
It shall be unlawful for any sex offender to establish a permanent or temporary residence within 2,500 feet of any school, child care facility, common open space, community center, public park or recreational facilities.
2. 
For the purpose of determining the minimum distance separation the requirement shall be measured by following a straight line from the outer property line of the permanent residence or temporary residence of the sex offender to the nearest outer property line of a school, child care facility, common open space, community center, public park or recreational facilities.
[Ord. 274, 2/13/2006, § 3]
Any sex offender who resides on a permanent or temporary basis within 2,500 feet of any school, child care facility, common open space, community center, public park or recreational facilities shall within 45 days of receipt of written notice of the sex offender's non-compliance with this Part, move from said location to a new location, but said location may not be within 2,500 feet of any school, child care facility, common open space, community center, public park or recreational facilities within the Borough. It shall constitute a continuing violation for each day beyond the 45 days the sex offender continues to reside within 2,500 feet of any school, child care facility, common open space, community center, public park or recreational facilities. Furthermore, it shall be a violation each day that a sex offender shall move from one location in the Borough to another that is within 2,500 feet of any school, child care facility, common open space, community center, public park or recreational facilities.
[Ord. 274, 2/13/2006, § 4]
This Part shall not apply to any person who has established residence prior to February 13, 2006, and it shall not apply if the school, child care facility, common open space, community center, public park or recreational facilities within 2,500 feet of the sex offender's permanent residence was established subsequent to the establishing of the sex offender's permanent residence.
[Ord. 274, 2/13/2006, § 5]
The provisions of this Part shall not be applicable to persons incarcerated in any facilities owned, maintained and/or operated by the County of Bucks.
[Ord. 274, 2/13/2006, § 6]
Any person who violates the provisions of this Part shall, upon conviction before a district judge be sentenced to a term of imprisonment up to 90 days and shall be fined not more than $1,000 for each violation, plus the costs of prosecution and reasonable attorney's fees.
[Ord. 274, 2/13/2006, § 7]
The Dublin Borough Police Department shall be charged with the enforcement of this Part.
[Ord. 274, 2/13/2006, § 8]
The Borough Manager is herein directed by March 1, 2006, to have prepared and placed on the Borough website a map of the Borough depicting the areas where sex offenders are restricted from residing on a permanent or temporary basis.