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Longmont council adopts residency restrictions for registered offenders, sets 500-foot buffers
Summary
The Longmont City Council adopted an ordinance that restricts where certain registered offenders may live, creating 500-foot buffers around parks, schools and day cares and imposing limits on household occupancy.
The Longmont City Council on Tuesday adopted an ordinance that restricts residency for certain registered *** offenders and creates 500-foot buffers around schools, day-care centers and private and public parks.
Council members said the measure is a forward-looking policy intended to limit placement of people convicted of qualifying offenses in close proximity to places children frequent. The ordinance passed on second reading as Ordinance 2025-33 with a unanimous vote.
The council's action follows months of neighborhood complaints after a group home for people on the state registry opened in Prairie Village. Residents and activists who addressed the council said the house was placed…
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