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Longmont council asks staff for options on residency-distance rules for registered sex offenders
Summary
After resident complaints, council heard a staff briefing on state rules and local limits and asked staff to return with mapped buffer options and legal analysis for a possible ordinance limiting where registered sex offenders may live relative to places children gather.
Longmont City Council on March 4 directed staff to draft and map options for a local ordinance that would restrict where registered sex offenders may establish residences in the city.
The discussion followed public comments from neighborhood residents concerned about multiple registered offenders living at a single address near a school and park. City staff presented legal and operational constraints, crime-class definitions and local registry counts, and asked the council whether it wanted staff to develop specific distance-based proposals for further review.
Public safety chief Zach Artis and assistant city attorney Jeremy Terrell outlined the limits of local authority and what state law…
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