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Council adopts ordinance barring select registered sex offenders from living near youth‑populated areas
Summary
On first reading the Loveland City Council approved ordinance 67‑83 to prohibit residency of certain registered offenders within 1,000 feet of schools, bus stops and other youth‑populated places; city attorney cited Colorado Supreme Court precedent upholding similar ordinances.
The Loveland City Council voted 8–0 to approve on first reading an ordinance creating a new chapter (9.1) that prohibits certain registered sex offenders and those designated as "sexually violent predators" from establishing residences within 1,000 feet of youth‑populated areas.
City Attorney Vince Jungless said the draft follows the form of an ordinance previously upheld by Colorado courts (the City of Englewood model) while trimming…
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