86-09 Amend 533.17 Prohibitions on residency - sex offenders

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ORDINANCE N0. 86-09 BY: Bullock, Butler, Dever, Madigan, Powers, Summers. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members elected to Council otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, to amend Section 533.17 Prohibitions on Residency, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to update and include changed designations under the State Code requirements for the registration of sex offenders. WHEREAS, at the time that Lakewood Codified Ordinance §533.17 was .adopted by this Council, the Ohio Revised Code classified individuals who are required to register under sexual offender registration and notification laws as "sex offender", "habitual sex offender" or "sexual predator"; and WHEREAS, the classifications of those who have committed sex offenses has been changed within the Ohio Revised Code to "Tier 1 sex offender", "Tier II sex offender" and "Tier III sex offender"; and WHEREAS, the Ohio General Assembly has adopted legislation that prohibits registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a preschool or daycare in addition to the prior existing prohibitions; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that it is imperative to the enforcement of Lakewood's local code to update these references so that they match designations contained in the Ohio Revised Code. Now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 533.17, Prohibitions' on Residency, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: