229 %- ORDINANCE NO. 229
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE ADDING CHAPTER 9.32 TO THE GRAND
TERRACE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO REGULATION
OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 9.32 is added to Title 9 of the Grand Terrace Municipal Code to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 9.32
REGULATION OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS
Sections:
9.32.010 Definitions
9.32.020 Prohibitions
9.32.030 Exception
9.32.040 Criminal Penalty
9.32.010 Definitions
a. "Sex offender" means an individual who is required by law to register with a
'J governmental entity as a sex offender as a result of a conviction of a sex crime
against a child.
b. "Child"or"children"means any person under the age of eighteen(18)years of age.
C. "Day care center"means any licensed child day care facility including infant centers,
preschools,extended day care facilities,and school age child care centers. It does not
include a family day care home as defined in California Health and Safety Code
section 1596.78.
d. "Park" means a park or other recreation facility operated and/or maintained by a
governmental entity.
e. "School"means the buildings and grounds of any public or private school used for
purposes of the education of children in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12,
inclusive.
9.32.020 Prohibitions
a. Any registered sex offender, who is no longer the subject of parole by any
governmental entity, is prohibited from residing within two thousand six hundred
forty feet(2640')of any school, or from residing within two thousand feet(2000')of
any park or day care center.
b. Any registered sex offender, who is no longer the subject of parole by any
�- governmental entity is prohibited from being located within 300 feet (300') of a
school,unless the registered sex offender is a parent or guardian of a child for which
the individual is legally responsible and the child attends the school or is a student
at the school.
C. Any registered sex offender, who is no longer the subject of parole by any
governmental entity,is prohibited from being located within 300 feet(300')of a park
where children are present,unless the registered sex offender is a parent or guardian
of a child for which the individual is legally responsible and the child is present at the
park.
9.32.030 Exception
A registered sex offender is not in violation of section 9.32.020, subsection(a),because he
or she is residing and registered with a governmental entity,at an address that is within two thousand
six hundred forty feet (2640') of any school or within two thousand feet (2000') of any park or day
care center, on the effective date of this ordinance.
9.32.040 Criminal Penalty
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six (6)months or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Section 2. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each
section, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of it irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections,subsections,clauses,phrases or portions of it be declared invalid or unconstitutional. If for
any reason any portion of this ordinance is declared invalid or unconstitutional, then all other
provisions of it shall remain valid and enforceable.
Section3. This ordinance shall take effect thirty(30) days from the date of adoption.
Section 4. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 14'day
of August,2007 and finally adopted and ordered posted at a regular meeting of said City Council on
the 281h day of August, 2007.
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Mayor 5fthe City of Grand Terrace
and of the City Council thereof.
Attest:
Arenda Mesa, City Clerk
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I, Brenda Mesa, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Grand Terrace held on the 28`" day of August, 2007,by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Cortes, Miller and Buchanan; Mayor Pro Tem Garcia and
Mayor Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Brenda Mesa, City Clerk
Approved as t form:
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John Harper, Cit orney