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~.~ CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2006 - 56 BY: Council Members Miller, Ryan, Orlowski, Tallon, Dailey Jones and Barker AN ORDINANCE CREATING NEW SECTION 533.16 OF THE NORTH OLMSTED CODIFIED ORDINANCES, ENTITLED "REGISTERED OFFENDERS -LOCAL REGULATIONS, " IN ORDER TO LOCALLY REGULATE RESIDENCY AND OTHER ENUMERATED ACTIVITIES IN NORTH OLMSTED OF PERSONS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER UNDER ANY PROVISION CONTAINED IN OHIO REVISED CODE CHAPTER 2950, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, various sections of Chapter 2950 of the Ohio Revised Code, including Sections 2950.04, 2950.041 and 2950.05, impose a registration duty upon persons convicted of certain sexually oriented offenses; and WHEREAS, in adopting said State registration requirements, the Ohio General Assembly, at ORC Section 2950.02, specifically found and declared as follows: "(A) The general assembly hereby determines and declares that it recognizes and finds all of the following: (1) If the public is provided adequate notice and information about offenders and delinquent children who commit sexually oriented offenses that are not registration-exempt sexually oriented offenses or who commit child-victim oriented offenses, members of the public and communities can develop constructive plans to prepare themselves and their children for the offender's or delinquent child's release from imprisonment, a prison term, or other confinement or detention... . (2) Sex offenders and offenders who commit child-victim oriented offenses pose a risk of engaging in further sexually abusive behavior even after being released from imprisonment, a prison term, or other confinement or detention, and protection of members of the public from sex offenders and offenders who commit child-victim oriented offenses is a paramount governmental interest." and "(B) The general assembly hereby declares that, in providing in this chapter for registration regarding offenders and certain delinquent children who have committed sexually oriented offenses that are not registration-exempt sexually oriented offenses or who have committed child-victim oriented offenses and for community notification regarding sexual predators, child-victim predators, habitual sex offenders, and habitual child-victim offenders who are about to be or have been released from imprisonment, a prison term, or other confinement or detention and who will live in or near a particular neighborhood or who otherwise will live in or near a particular neighborhood, it is the general assembly's intent to protect the safety and general welfare of the people of this state;" and WHEREAS, this Council specifically adopts the said findings, declarations, and purpose of the Ohio General Assembly in establishing the State's registration requirements for certain classes of convicted sex offenders; and