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1 ' §3.1 -Polling Place - When a Park or Recreation Facility is used as a polling place for an election, the Registered Sex Offender may enter for the limited purpose of voting if he has right to vote and qualifies to do so at that polling place. ' §3.2 -Official Meetings - A Registered Sex Offender who has the right to be present at an Official Meeting shall have the limited privilege of entering on and into a Park or Recreation Facility for such time as is necessary to attend that meeting or function, but l i i ' o ter ng or lingering in any form shall be a violation of this Ordinance. The privilege shall only extend to those parts of the Park and/or Recreation Facility that ' are being used for meetings of that kind and any Registered Sex Offender found outside of those parts shall be punished as provided in Section 7, below. ' §3.3 -Consistency with the Jessica Lunsford Act -After November 30, 2008, any action prohibited by this Ordinance that would also be a violation of N.C.G.S. § 14- 208.18 (2008) shall no longer be considered a violation of this Ordinance. ~ For example, after November 30, 2008: 1. A Registered Sex Offender who enters a Park and/or Recreation Facility playground will no longer be in violation of this Ordinance because of the prohibition of the same conduct by N.C.G.S. § 14-208.18(a)(1) (2008); 2. A Registered Sex Offender who enters Park and/or Recreation Facility property that is held open to the general public that at the time in question is being used for a youth birthday party may not be deemed in violation of this Ordinance because of the prohibition of the same conduct by N.C.G.S. § 14-208.18(a)(2) (2008); and 3. A Registered Sex Offender will not be in violation of this Ordinance for being on Park and/or Recreation Facility property where minors have gathered for regularly scheduled recreational programs because of the prohibition of the same conduct by N.C.G.S. § 14-208.18(a)(3) (2008). Scone Section 4: Territorial Scope. This Ordinance shall be effective within and upon all County Parks and Recreation Facilities and shall regulate the use thereof by all persons. Enforcement Section 5: Enforcement § 5.1: Enforcement. Duly sworn law enforcement officers with jurisdiction within the County Parks and Recreation Facilities shall have the duty to enforce this Ordinance. §5.2 Detaining a Subject. A law enforcement officer may detain a person within a County Park or Recreation Facility under this Ordinance for a reasonable amount of time to inquire about that person's status as a Registered Sex Offender if the officer reasonably believes, or has probable cause to believe, that the person is a Registered Sex Offender who is in violation of this Ordinance or has committed a crime for which the person, if Item# 13 Attachment number 2 G _ 2 Page 184 of 253