[Adopted 11-7-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
SEX OFFENDER
A person who has been convicted of a sexual offense against
a minor and has received a Level II or III designation as defined
under Article 6-C of the New York State Correction Law.
CHILD-CARE FACILITY
Licensed and/or registered child day-care centers, group
family day-care homes and family day-care homes as defined by the
New York State Social Services Law.
RESIDENCE
The place where a person sleeps, which may include more than
one location, and may be mobile or transitory.
A sex offender as herein defined shall not reside
within, or enter within, a radius of 500 feet measured from the main,
or secondary, or tertiary entrances of a public or private school,
nursery school, preschool, child-care facility, playground, or park.
Notwithstanding, however, a sex offender may enter within the five-hundred-foot
radius solely for the purpose of employment, shopping or attending
appointments, or traveling from one point to another, but in no event
shall the sex offender enter on to the premises of a public or private
school, nursery school, preschool, registered day-care center, playground,
or park while working, shopping or attending an appointment.
This article shall not require any person to
move from his or her residence as established prior to the enactment
of this article.
Any violation of the provisions of this article
shall be a Class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding
$1,000; or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year; or both
such fine and imprisonment.