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CITY OF WEST ST. PAUL
<br />DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 18-08
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<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 97 OF THE
<br />WEST ST. PAUL CITY CODE REGARDING PREDATORY OFFENDERS
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<br />The City Council of West St. Paul does ordain:
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<br /> SECTION 1. West St. Paul City Code Section 97 relating to Predatory Offenders is hereby
<br />amended as follows:
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<br />§ 97.01 FINDINGS AND INTENT.
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<br />(A) Repeat predatory offenders, predatory offenders who use physical violence, and
<br />predatory offenders who prey on children and vulnerable individuals, are predators who present a
<br />threat to the public safety. Predatory offenders are likely to use physical violence or force and to
<br />repeat their offenses. Most predatory offenders commit many offenses, have many more victims
<br />than are ever reported, and are prosecuted for only a fraction of their crimes. Moreover, predatory
<br />offenders often learn and evolve as they commit additional offenses, thereby making detection of
<br />their unlawfulness more difficult for authorities. This makes the cost of predatory offender
<br />victimization to society at large, while incalculable, clearly exorbitant.
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<br />(B) It is the intent of this chapter to serve the city’s compelling interest to promote,
<br />protect and improve the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the city by creating areas
<br />around locations where children and vulnerable individuals regularly congregate wherein certain
<br />predatory offenders are prohibited from establishing a primary or secondary address.
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<br />§ 97.02 DEFINITIONS.
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<br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
<br />ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
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<br />DESIGNATED SEXUAL OFFENSE. A conviction, adjudication of delinquency,
<br />commitment under M.S. Ch. 253B, or admission of guilt under oath without adjudication involving
<br />any of the following offenses: Minn. Stat. § 609.342, subd. 1(a), (b), (g), (h); § 609.343, subd.
<br />1(a), (b), (g), (h); § 609.344, subd. 1(a), (b), (e), (f), (g); § 609.345, subd. 1(a), (b), (e), (f), (g); §
<br />609.352; § 617.23, subd. 2(1), subd. 3(1); § 617.246, subd. 2,M.S. §§ 609.342, 609.343, 609.344,
<br />609.345, 609.352, 609.365, 617.23, 617.246, 617.247, 617.293, successor statutes, or a similar
<br />offense from another state.
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<br />PREDATORY DESIGNATED OFFENDER. Any person who (1) is required to register
<br />as a predatory offender under Minn. Stat. § 243.166, (2) is assigned at Risk Level II or Risk
<br />Level III under Minn. Stat. § 244.052, subd. 3, is required to register as a predatory offender under
<br />M.S. § 243.166, or and (3) has been convicted of a designated sexual offense, regardless of whether
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