Glasgow Certain Offenders Not to Be Present or Loiter within 500 Feet of a Public Park, Swimming Pool, Athletic Complex, Museum, or Nature Center: Violation, Penalty: Exception for Nature or Education Center, When ordinance (§ 210.1545)
Chapter 210: Offenses · Article IX. Sexual Offenses
In short: People convicted of certain sex offenses or child-exploitation offenses (or equivalent offenses elsewhere) may not knowingly be present in or loiter within 500 feet of public parks with playground equipment, public pools, children's athletic facilities, children's museums, or Missouri Department of Conservation nature or education centers. A parent, guardian or custodian may get the center manager's permission to attend a child's program there.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. Any person who has been found guilty of the following shall not knowingly be present in or loiter within five hundred (500) feet of any real property comprising any public park with playground equipment, a public swimming pool, athletic complex or athletic fields if such facilities exist for the primary use of recreation for children, any museum if such museum holds itself out to the public as and exists with the primary purpose of entertaining or educating children under eighteen (18) years of age, or Missouri Department of Conservation nature or education center properties.
1. Violating any of the provisions of Chapter 566, RSMo., or the provisions of Section 568.020, RSMo., Incest; Section 568.045, RSMo., Endangering The Welfare Of A Child In The First Degree; Section 573.200, RSMo., Use Of A Child In A Sexual Performance; Section 573.205, RSMo., Promoting A Sexual Performance By A Child; Section 573.023, RSMo., Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor; Section 573.025, RSMo., Promoting Child Pornography; Section 573.037, RSMo., Possession Of Child Pornography; or Section 573.040, RSMo., Furnishing Pornographic Material To Minors; or
2. Any offense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in this State, would be a violation listed in this Section.
B. Any person who has been found guilty of an offense under Subsection (A)(1) or (2) of this Section who is the parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a child under the age of eighteen (18) attending a program on the property of a nature or education center of the Missouri Department of Conservation may receive permission from the nature or education center manager to be present on the property with the child during the program.
Official source: City of Glasgow official Code of Ordinances (online), § 210.1545
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.