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Weston approves ordinance banning registered sex offenders from public parks on first reading
Summary
On first reading the City Commission adopted a new city code section (52.48) making it a violation for registered sex offenders to be present in city parks; commissioners and police said enforcement will rely on reports to BSO and existing registration notifications.
The City Commission on March 3 approved on first reading an ordinance creating section 52.48 of the City Code to prohibit registered sex offenders from being present in public parks.
City Attorney Jamie Cole summarized the change as closing an ‘‘incongruity’’ between existing residency limits and park access: the code already prohibits convicted offenders from living within 2,500 feet of places where children…
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