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CT - Selectmen approve Child Safety Zone ordinance

View the article here 03/05/2009 By Patricia McCormack Suggested by neighborhood resource officer to protect children from registered sex offenders In a 3-0 vote, the Greenwich Board of Selectmen last Thursday in Town Hall adopted a Child Safety Zone ordinance to protect boys and girls from registered sex offenders. Before it becomes effective, the new law must be approved by the Representative Town Meeting (RTM). The ordinance holds that each Child Safety Zone shall be identified as such by a sign conspicuously posted at the primary entrance of or within the Child Safety Zone. The new ordinance also holds that the signs "shall provide a warning that the area is a Child Safety Zone and that the presence therein or thereon by a registered sex offender is a violation of this Ordinance and is punishable by a fine...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 05, 2009 (boomark / email).