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ORDINANCE NO 86 09 BY
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 within1000 feet of a preschool or
daycare in addition to the prior existing prohibitions and
WHEREAS this Council by avote 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 ofthe
Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood currently reading as follows