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ORDINANCE NO. 930 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE LOCATIONS OF RESIDENCY OF CERTAIN REGISTERED OFFENDERS WITHIN THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title 600 of the Mounds View City Code to regulate the locations of residency of certain registered offenders within the City. Section 2. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title 600 by adding a new Chapter 612 of the Mounds View City Code to regulate the residency of certain registered offenders within the City as follows: 612.01: FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The Mounds View City Council finds the following facts to exist: (1) Individuals who have been required to register as sex offenders pursuant to state law present an extreme threat to the public safety; (2) These offenders are likely to use physical violence and to repeat their offenses; (3) Many of these offenders also commit other crimes; (4) The City has a compelling interest to take action to promote and protect certain areas within the City from the risks to public safety posed by registered offenders; (5) The City’s compelling interest is furthered by the creation of a regulatory scheme which establishes areas around locations where children regularly congregate in concentrated numbers; and (6) The purpose of this Chapter is to create such a regulatory scheme to further the City’s compelling interest in maintaining public safety by prescribing where registered offenders may reside within the City. 612.02: DEFINITIONS: For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning hereinafter ascribed to them: (a) “Children” means persons age 16 and younger; (b) “Day care center” means a facility licensed by the State of Minnesota in which care, supervision and training for children is provided for part of a 24-hour period; (c) “Designated offender” means any person who has been convicted of a designated sexual offense, regardless of whether adjudication has been withheld, in which the victim of the offense was less than 16 years of age, or who is categorized as a Level III sex offender under Minnesota Statutes Section 244.052 or successor statute;