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OH - More homeowners associations banning sexual offenders

Original Article 03/21/2011 By Dean Narciso Homeowners associations increasingly are seeking to ban sexual offenders and predators in an attempt to improve safety and maintain property values. "There's an explosion in Franklin County," said David W. Kaman, a lawyer with Kaman and Cusimano, which specializes in association law. A 2003 state law and more-restrictive municipal laws already prohibit Tier 3 sexual predators - those convicted of the most-serious sex crimes - from living within 1,000 feet of sensitive areas such as schools, playgrounds and day-care centers. The association laws are far more restrictive, however, and are considered outright bans intended to protect higher-density areas, such as condominium communities, said Kaman...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 21, 2011 (boomark / email).