File #: O-2007-0025    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/3/2007 In control: Safety and Development Committee (INACTIVE)
On agenda: Final action: 7/3/2007
Title: An Ordinance to Create Subsection 6.02(22) of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Loitering by Sex Offenders.
Sponsors: Martin J. Weigel
Related files: O-2007-0013, O-2015-0020, O-2017-0003
Title
An Ordinance to Create Subsection 6.02(22) of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Loitering by Sex Offenders.
Body
The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:

PART I. Subsection 6.02(22) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby created to read:

6.02 PUBLIC OFFENSES.

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(22) Loitering By Sex Offenders.

(a) Definitions. The definitions delineated in Section 6.027 of the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code shall be applicable to this subsection.

In addition, the following term shall mean:

1. Child safety zones shall include any real property upon which there exists any facility used for or which supports a use of:

a. a public park, parkway, parkland, park facility;
b. a public swimming pool;
c. a public library;
d. a recreational trail;
e. a public playground;
f. a school for children;
g. athletic fields used by children;
h. a daycare center;
i. any specialized school for children, including, but not limited to a gymnastics academy, dance academy or music school;
j. aquatic facilities open to the public; and
k. any facility for children (which means a public or private school, a group home, as defined in Section 48.02 (7), Stats., a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in Section 48.02 (15d), Stats., a shelter care facility, as defined in Section 48.02 (17), Stats., a foster home, as defined in Section 48.02 (6), Stats., a treatment foster home, as defined in Section 48.02 (17q), Stats., a daycare center licensed under Section 48.65, Stats., a daycare program established under Section 120.13 (14), Stats., a daycare provider certified under Section 48.651, Stats., or a youth center, as defined in Section 961.01 (22) Stats).

(b) Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any sex offender to enter into, congregate, loiter, wander, stroll, stand or play in or near a child safety zone under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safe...

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