§ 9.44.020. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter only, the following terms, words and the derivations thereof shall have the meaning given herein.

Child means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.

Child care institution means as ascribed in the Illinois Child Care Act as amended.

Child safety zone means parks, playgrounds, schools, public libraries, amusement parks or facilities, public or commercial and semi-private swimming pools, day care facilities, child care institutions, public or private youth soccer, baseball or other sport fields, crisis centers or shelters, skate parks or rinks, public or private youth centers, scouting facilities, and offices for child protective services.

Database means the Department of Public Safety's Sex Offender Database or the Sex Offender Registration files maintained by the Sex Offender Registration Officer of the City's Police Department.

Day care facility means as ascribed in the Illinois Child Care Act, as amended.

Park or playground means any land, including improvements to the land that is administered, operated or managed by a public or private entity for the use of the general public as a recreational area. Recreational areas including, but are not limited to, recreational center, water park, swimming pool, soccer field, baseball or other sports field.

Permanent residence means a place where a person abides, lodges or resides for fourteen (14) or more consecutive days in any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period.

Public way means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, shopping centers, parking lots, transportation facilities, restaurants, shops and similar areas that are open to the use of the public.

School means a private or public pre-school, elementary school, secondary school, or high school.

Sex offender means an individual who has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication for a sexual offense involving a person under seventeen (17) years of age for which the individual is required to register as a sex offender under the Illinois Sex Offender Registered Act, as amended (730 ILCS 150/1 et seq.).

Temporary residence means:

(i)

A place where a person abides, lodges or resides for a period of fourteen (14) or more days in the aggregate, during any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period and which is not the person's permanent address; or

(ii)

A place where a person routinely abides, lodges or resides for a period of four (4) or more consecutive or nonconsecutive days in any thirty (30) day period and which is not the person's permanent residence.

(Ord. No. 4130, 9-8-2008)