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<br /> <br />La Porte Police Department <br />915 South 8th Street <br />La Porte, Texas 77571 <br />281-471-3810 Fax: 281-470-1590 <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />06/04/2006 <br /> <br />To: <br />Thru: <br />From: <br /> <br />City Council <br />Debra Faezelle <br />Richard Reff <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Proposed Ordinance for Consideration for Workshop on Sex Offender <br />Safety Zones. <br /> <br />Purpose of Ordinance: <br />. Making it unlawful for certain sex offenders to reisde within 1,000 feet of premises <br />where children gather. <br /> <br />. Providing exceptions <br /> <br />. Prohibiting property owner from renting real property to certain sec offenders <br /> <br />. Providing for a penalty <br /> <br />Whereas: <br />. The City of La Porte, Texas, (herein the "City"), being a home-rule city having authority <br />to utilize police power regulation for the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens <br />of the City: and, <br /> <br />. The City Council is deeply concerned about the numerous and recent occurrences in our <br />state and elsewhere, whereby sex offenders convicted of sexual offenses involving <br />children who have been release from custody and repeat the unlawful acts for which they <br />had been originally convicted; and, <br /> <br />. The City Council finds from the evidence of the recidivism rate for released sex offenders <br />is alarmingly high, especially for those who commit their crimes against children; and, <br /> <br />. The City is an attractive place for families with young children; and, <br /> <br />. The City Council find that establishing a policy to restrict the property available fro <br />residence of sex offenders will provide better protection for children gathering in the <br />City: and, <br /> <br />. Article 42. 12(13B) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, provides a 1,000 foot safety <br />zone for children, as a condition of probation for those convicted of certain sexual <br />offenses; and <br /> <br />Debra Fae=elle <br />Cify;'vfanager <br /> <br />Richard E. Reff <br />Chief of Police <br /> <br />Aaron Corrales <br />Assisfalll Chief of Police <br />