DeBary ordinance expands sex offender regulations
If you reside in DeBary and are being told you need to move from your home, please contact [email protected]
DeBary’s City Council passed an ordinance expanding regulations over registered sex offenders.
The ordinance bans registered sex offenders from community pools, water parks, school bus stops, and other private and public areas. The ordinance also increases the distance sex offenders can live from these places.
The previous ordinance kept sex offenders 1,000 feet away from parks, schools, bus stops, and other areas you can find children. Now, the distance is 2,500 feet.
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood says he worked with community members to update the ordinance after people voiced concerns. He says registered sex offenders in violation of the ordinance must move.
“You better read this ordinance, before you rent to somebody and do a background check,” Sheriff Chitwood said, “because they’ll be relocated now with this ordinance. There’s no grandfathering-in or anything.”
The ordinance took effect upon approval. Sheriff Chitwood hopes surrounding cities will also update their sex offender ordinances.
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Just watched the first discussion by the city council Oafs re: this change, at https://livestream.com/DeBary/events/8709376/videos/192780956
The SO residency restrictions nonsense starts about 2.5 mins in, and ends about 24 mins later. The cop who discusses this BS seems to indicate that there will be a grandfather date of Aug 2005 (those living at a residence before that date will be immune from the changes). Another city council oaf later “seems” to ask whether renters under lease will be kicked out – apparently, they will be forced to move as of the end of their lease? Sorry that I’m not clear on these two issues, as the oafs don’t communicate too well. I will try to watch the video stream again slowly (maybe with an oaf language translator).
The very quick, unanimous vote for this ordinance happens on 7/3, about 28 mins into the meeting.
“no grandfathering-in or anything” … boy there’s a great example to follow.
This is prime to be overthrown in court. Almost wish I was living there to be the first to sign the complaint against the city.
This is AWESOME! This law is so outrageous it can’t help but be struck down and in the process doing considerable collateral damage to residency restrictions in general. Broward just relaxed their restrictions to help avoid the sits that this law is going to bring. Broward figured it’s better to have some restrictions than none. I’ll almost guarantee no one consulted a knowledgeable attorney before they brought this out. Idiots! (I think we may end up thanking these idiots, though)
Sheriff “Shitwood” is a showman and will do anything, support anything, or say anything to get has face in front of a crowd. Logic and common sense is not one of his strong points…not even one of his points at all. If this doesn’t fall into the category of ex post facto I don’t know what does. Who are they trying to protect? There comes a time when we must tell these ‘self-appointed’ protectors of humanity to take their ordinances and place them where the ‘sun don’t shine’. Enough is enough.
Every time his deputies make an arrest, Chitwood calls the suspects Scumbags on the news. I admit some criminals probably are scumbags but a Professional sheriff you would think would be a bit more professional an admit that everyone is eligible for due process before being called names. I am in no way siding with people committing crimes but even when I worked in Law Enforcement, I treated everyone with respect no matter who they were or what they had done.
I dont see how the Sheriff remarks are without punishment intended “Grandfather in or not” His remarks show he has agenda to future punish anyone with the Register status
Please – anyone in this city who is in jeopardy of losing housing, contact us.
What’s the timeframe that they were given to leave? I’m tempted to send each of them a postcard with your number on it, since there’s only 24 of them (according to the FDLE site, at least)
We’re still waiting for one of them to step forward.
Doesn’t answer the question. When do they have to relocate? 30 days? This weekend? Tomorrow? Don’t want to send the postcards if they’re not there to receive them.
No Clue – I don’t know of a single person who was asked to relocate and therefore can’t tell you what deadline they were given.
The state of FL grandfathered me in with the 1,000 ft ordinance because I own my home. Is it legal for them to tell a homeowner they have to move and or sell there house? I have live 50ft from a public park for 15 years. I promise you I’d fight this as far as I had to.
It should not be – if anyone is in this situation, contact us.
It is funny, the school board moved the school bus from in front of my house but as soon as the kids get off school they play in the street in front of my house LOL I have lived here so long some of them with kids were kids themselves when I moved to this house.
Cherokee, I know what you mean. I am grandfathered in my home of 15 years. My neighbors know about my background and they also know about my real character. I chose to not live in the shadows many years ago. Today my neighbor’s children play in front of my home…sometimes in my front yard…and they know I mean them no harm. My granddaughter and her friend visits with no problems at all. It is only the ‘professional victims’ who want to continue the paranoid myths to support their failures in life. We cannot lose confidence in ourselves and the mission we are on to educate society about the truth. The truth will set us free.
Hey a few weeks back I thanked you for your service. My Dad served 27 years in the U.S.N and I was born on a Navy base.
BTW I sometimes post as Jack and sometimes Cherokee Jack, they are both me depending on my mood lol
Understand. It can get frustrating at times.
Ive never felt this way until reading this. I came from ny off of 22 years of no issues and no public registry as i had been responsible for transport not possession or viewing. One day a deputy takes me and says i absconded yet i had told nys i was coming even though im not on any probation nor supervision for 20 years at that point. The county filed no information and did not pursue but for some reason the florida doc registered me. I had a great career worked for feds and private sector. Now life is pretty much over. I see my children and as much hope as i had they would not be affected: now i see im the one to lead them
Into shame. Since i was put on the registry we figured wed stay in florida maybe things would work out. They wont even expunge the arrest they didnt want to prosecute. I dont see any hope. How can this have happened.