Long Beach, CA
File #: 08-1188    Version: Name: CA - ORD restate residency sex offenders
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 11/10/2008 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/2/2008 Final action: 12/2/2008
Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating in its entirety Chapter 9.66 regarding Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
Sponsors: City Attorney
Attachments: 1. 111808-ORD-29sr&att.pdf, 2. 120208-ORD-32att.pdf, 3. ORD-08-0036
Related files: 08-0214, 08-0171
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
12/2/20082 City Council approve recommendation and adoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
11/18/20081 City Council declare ordinance read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final readingPass Action details Meeting details Not available
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Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating in its entirety Chapter 9.66 regarding Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders, read and adopted as read.  (Citywide)
 
DISCUSSION
The City Council approved a recommendation to amend and restate in its entirety Title 9, Chapter 9.66 to eliminate potential conflict of land uses in residential neighborhoods, to reduce potential dangers associated with multiple registered sex offenders living near families with children and places were children gather, to clarify and streamline the statutory language, and to further identify civil consequences as described below:
 
I.      Clarification and Streamlining
 
A.       Violations involving multi-family dwellings were consolidated, and were limited to the number of sex offenders per unit.
 
B.       The definition of Child Day Care Facility parallels that term as defined in State law.
 
C.       "Knowingly" was defined to identify the requisite scienter element for property owner related violations.
 
D.       To address potential preemption with state law, the definition of Single Family Dwelling introduced an exemption for state licensed residential facilities serving six (6) or fewer persons.
 
II.       Elimination of Loitering Restrictions and violations
 
Due to the fact loitering violations may be appropriately addressed via existing provisions of the Penal Code, these portions of the ordinance were eliminated.
 
III.       Civil Remedies
 
Because violations of Chapter 9.66 may be addressed via criminal and/or civil sanction, civil remedies were further defined.
 
IV. Prospective Application
 
Criminal and/or civil enforcement as to registered sex offenders and responsible property owners and/or agents shall occur prospectively as of the date the amended ordinance is enacted.
 
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
[Timing Considerations]
 
FISCAL IMPACT
This program is currently unbudgeted.
 
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
 
 
Respectfully Submitted,
 
CRISTYL MEYERS
DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
 
ROBERT E. SHANNON, City Attorney
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONG BE ACH AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING AND RESTATING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 9.66 REGARDING RESIDENCY AND LOITERING RESTRICTIONS FOR SEX OFFENDERS