For the purposes of this article, the following terms, words, and the derivations thereof shall have the meanings given herein:
Minor.
A person younger than seventeen (17) years of age.
Permanent residence.
A place where a person abides, lodges, or resides for fourteen (14) or more consecutive days.
Temporary residence.
A place where a person abides, lodges, or resides for a period of 14 or more days in the aggregate during any calendar year and which is not the person’s permanent residence, or a place where a person routinely abides, resides, or lodges for a period of 4 or more consecutive days or nonconsecutive days in any month and which is not the person’s permanent residence.
(1996 Code, sec. 7.1101)
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and each and every day such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
(1996 Code, sec. 7.1106)
For each person required to register on the state department of public safety’s sex offender database (the “database”) because of a violation involving a victim who was a minor, it is unlawful for that person to establish a permanent residence or temporary residence in the city within 2,000 feet of any premises where children commonly gather, including a public or private school, day care facility, public park, playground, public or private youth center, public swimming pool, or video arcade facility. For the purposes of this article, planted street medians shall not be considered public parks.
(1996 Code, sec. 7.1102)
(a) 
It shall be prima facie evidence that this article applies to a person if that person’s record, or records pertaining to that person, appear on the database and the database indicates that the victim was a minor.
(b) 
For the purposes of determining the minimum distance separation, the 2,000-foot requirement shall be measured by following a straight line from the outer property line of the permanent or temporary residence to the nearest property line of the premises where children commonly gather, or, in the case of multiple residences on one property, measuring from the nearest property line of the property where the multiple residences are situated to the nearest property line of the premises where children commonly gather.
(c) 
A map depicting the prohibited areas shall be maintained by the city. The city shall review the map at least annually for changes. The map will be available to the public at the city police department.
(1996 Code, sec. 7.1103)
Neither allegation nor evidence of a culpable mental state is required for the proof of an offense defined by this article, and any offense shall be considered a strict liability offense.
(1996 Code, sec. 7.1104)
It is an affirmative defense to the prosecution of an offense under this article that any of the following conditions apply:
(1) 
The person required to register on the database established his permanent or temporary residence in the city prior to the effective date of this article (Ordinance 07/07 adopted April 3, 2007), and has complied with all sex offender registration laws of the state.
(2) 
The person required to register on the database is a minor, or was a minor when he committed the offense requiring such registration and was not convicted as an adult.
(3) 
The premises where children commonly gather was opened or began to be used as such after the person established the permanent or temporary residence, and the person has complied with all sex offender registration laws of the state.
(4) 
The information in the database pertaining to that person is incorrect and, if corrected, this article would not apply to that person.
(1996 Code, sec. 7.1105)