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lay 25, 2011 1 Volume 51 No. 10 Zoning Bulletin <br />rameters on the conditions that a municipality may put into a de- <br />velopment contract. <br />Sources: www.senate.letr.state.mn.us; Winona Daily News; <br />www.winonadailvnews.com <br />NEW JERSEY <br />The state senate recently passed legislation that would permit <br />municipalities to "restrict the ability of known sex offenders to live <br />near places where children congregate." "The bill (S-837) responds <br />to a 2009 state Supreme Court decision which invalidated 118 local <br />ordinances that sought to create such `pedophile -free zones' within <br />communities." The ordinances were invalidated because the then - <br />primary source of "state law dealing with sexual offenders was si- <br />lent on the subject of restricting where registered sex offenders may <br />live." The bill "would permit a municipality to enact an ordinance <br />that would prevent most sex offenders convicted of committing a <br />crime against a minor from residing within 500 feet of a school, <br />playground or child care center." Towns would not be able to "cre- <br />ate a zoning scenario that would essentially block an offender from <br />living anywhere within the municipality." The state assembly will <br />now consider the bill. <br />Source: Gloucester County Times; www.ni.com <br />PENNSYLVANIA <br />Collier is considering a proposed ordinance that would "limit <br />gas and oil well use to nonresidential areas, establish zoning regula- <br />tions for applicable mineral removal and define and permit natural <br />gas processing plants, natural gas compressor stations and refinery <br />uses." Among other things, the "proposed ordinance would prohib- <br />it drilling in residentially zoned areas, but allow it in other zones, <br />including special conservation." <br />Source: Pittsburgh Post -Gazette; www.post-2-azette.com <br />12 © 2011 Thomson Reuters <br />