§ 15-80. Establishment of child safety zones; definitions.

(a)

Definitions: For the purpose of this article the following terms, phrases, words and derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words in the plural number include the singular and words in the singular number include the plural. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

Child safety zone means any park, playground, recreation center, bathing beach, swimming pool or wading pool, gymnasium, sports field, or sports facility, including the parking area and land surrounding any of the aforementioned facilities, which is under the jurisdiction of any department, agency, or authority of the City of Bristol, including but not limited to the Bristol Board of Education.

Not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect means that which is defined in subdivision (6) of section 54-250 of the Connecticut General Statutes as amended.

Child sex offender means:

(1)

Any person who has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor, a nonviolent sexual offense, a sexually violent offense, or any felony that a court finds was committed for a sexual purpose, as those terms are defined in subdivisions (2), (5), (11) and (12) of section 54-250 of the Connecticut General Statutes as amended, and who is required to register with the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to sections 54-251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254 of the Connecticut General Statutes as amended; or

(2)

Any person who has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect in any other state, in a federal or military court or in any foreign jurisdiction of any crime the essential elements of which are substantially the same as any of the crimes specified in subdivisions (2), (5) and (11) of section 54-250 of the Connecticut General Statutes as amended, and which requires registration as a sexual offender in such other state or in the federal or military system, and who resides in this state on and after October 1, 1998.

(Ord. of 3-11-08)