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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE N0.2010 - 99 <br />BY: Council Member Jones <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 533.16 OF THE NORTH <br />OLMSTED CODIFIED ORDINANCES, ENTITLED "REGISTERED <br />OFFENDERS -LOCAL REGULATIONS," IN ORDER TO PROHIBIT <br />MORE THAN ONE UNRELATED REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER FROM <br />RESIDING WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, AND DECLARING <br />AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, Section 533.16 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted via <br />its power of local self government regulates, among other things, the residency of convicted sex <br />offenders required to register with a County Sheriff pursuant to any of the provisions of Ohio <br />Revised Code Chapter 2950, including, but not limited to, Sections 2950.04, 2950.041, or <br />2950.05; and <br />WHEREAS, in adopting said State registration requirements, the Ohio General <br />Assembly, at ORC Section 2950.02, specifically found and declared as follows: <br />"(A) The general assembly hereby determines and declares that it recognizes and finds all <br />of the following: <br />(1) If the public is provided adequate notice and information about offenders and <br />delinquent children who commit sexually oriented offenses that are not registration-exempt <br />sexually oriented offenses or who commit child-victim oriented offenses, members of the public <br />and communities can develop constructive plans to prepare themselves and their children for the <br />offender's or delinquent child's release from imprisonment, a prison term, or other confinement <br />or detention... . <br />(2) Sex offenders and offenders who commit child-victim oriented offenses pose a risk of <br />engaging in further sexually abusive behavior even after being released from imprisonment, a <br />prison term, or other confinement or detention, and protection of members of the public from <br />sex offenders and offenders who commit child-victim oriented offenses is a paramount <br />governmental interest." <br />and <br />"(B) The general assembly hereby declares that, in providing in this chapter for <br />registration regarding offenders and certain delinquent children who have committed sexually <br />oriented offenses that are not registration-exempt sexually oriented offenses or who have <br />