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Sex offenders pose a clear threat to the children residing in, or visiting our community. Because convicted sex offenders are more likely than any other type offender to re-offend for another sexual assault, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana desires to impose safety precautions in furtherance of the goal of protecting our children. The purpose of this regulation is to reduce the potential risk of harm to children of our community by impacting the ability for sex offenders to be in contact with unsuspecting children in locations that are primarily designed for use by, or are primarily used by children, namely, the grounds of a school, a center or facility that provides day care or children's services, and a park. The City of Santa Ana desires to add location restrictions to such offenders where the state law is silent. Section 10-701. Definitions. The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Child or Children means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years of age. Children's facility means any School, Day Care Center, or Park (excluding Sasscer Park), as defined in this section, and the Discovery Science Center located at 2500 N. Main Street. Day care center means any child day care facility other than a family day care home, and includes infant centers, preschools, extended-day care facilities and school-age child care centers, as defined in Section 1596.76 of the California Health and Safety Code and licensed pursuant to the provisions of the California Child Day Care Facilities Act (Health & Safety Code 99 1596.70 et seq.). Loitering means to delay or linger within three hundred feet (300') of a Children's facility and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be discovered. Park means any public park or recreation or playground area or building or facility thereon within the City of Santa Ana, owned and maintained by the city as a public park or recreation or playground area. School as used in this article shall mean any institution of learning for minors, whether public or private, offering instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education Code and maintained pursuant to standards set by the state board of education. This definition includes a nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, middle or junior high school, senior high school, or any special institution of education, but it does not include a vocational or Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 3 of 4 50A-6