The adoption of Megan's Law has increased public awareness of sexual
offenders by requiring them to become registered with authorities and making
such information available to the public. The Town Board of the Town of Evans
hereby enacts this chapter to prevent sex offenders from residing or living
near areas where children regularly meet and congregate. The Town Board of
the Town of Evans believes this chapter is necessary to further protect the
best interests of all children and to protect the health, safety, and welfare
of the residents of the Town of Evans.
No person over the age of 18 years who has been convicted of a violation
of a sexual offense upon a child of the age of 16 years or under, as defined
by the New York State Penal Law, which would require that individual to register
as a sexual offender under state law and/or federal law shall be permitted
to reside or live within 1,500 feet of the real property of any school, park
playground or day-care center in the Town of Evans, unless the residency of
said offender was established prior to the enactment of this chapter, in which
case such offender may continue to occupy such location for three months from
the effective date of this chapter.
Failure to comply with this chapter or any provision hereof is considered
a violation and may result in a fine of $250 and/or imprisonment for 15 days.
Each day such sex offender has failed to comply with any of the provisions
in this chapter shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punishable
as such.
This chapter does not seek to regulate that portion of the Town of Evans
within the Village of Angola.