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CONTINUING THE CURFEW ORDINANCE FOR MINORS, THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SECTIONS 33-40, 33-41, 33-42
AND 33-43, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi has previously
adopted ordinances relating to curfews for minors and found at Sections 33-40,
33-41, 33-42 and 33-43 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi; and
WHEREAS, as provided in Section 370.002 of the Texas Local
Government Code, the City Council must review the curfew ordinance every
three years to determine whether such ordinance should be abolished, continued
or modified; and
WHEREAS Corpus Christi continues to experience juvenile violence,
juvenile crime and juvenile gang activity, resulting in juveniles being involved in a
range of unacceptable behavior to include vandalism, assaults, public
consumption of alcoholic beverages, littering, illegal drug use and burglaries; and
WHEREAS persons under 17 years of age are particularly susceptible, by
their lack of maturity and experience, to participate in unlawful and potentially
harmful activities and to become victims of other perpetrators of crime, and
Corpus Christi has no more important resource than its young people; and
WHEREAS a lack of parental supervision and guidance contributes to
unacceptable levels of juvenile violence, crime and gang activity, and parental
responsibility needs to be supported; and
WHEREAS attendance at school by minors is vital to the community
because it helps prepare children to be responsible citizens, and a curfew during
school hours reduces distractions and alternatives which induce non-attendance
and activities detrimental to minors and to the community, and compliments laws
compelling school attendance and discourages violations of those laws; and
WHEREAS it is necessary for the City of Corpus Christi to exercise its
authority to protect minors from each other and from other persons, to promote
parental control and responsibility for children, to supplement state truancy laws,
to protect the general public, and to reduce juvenile criminal and delinquent
activities; and
WHEREAS the City Council determines, pursuant to the above findings,
that the public health and safety demands continuation of the ordinance
establishing a curfew for minors.
028931
INDEXED
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The curfew ordinance found at Sections 33-40, 33-41, 33-42, and
33-43 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, is hereby continued.
SECTION 2. Upon written request of the Mayor or five Council Members, the
City Council (1) finds and declares an emergency due to the need for immediate
action for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs; and (2)
suspends that Charter rule which requires an ordinance to be considered and
voted upon at two regular meetings, so that this ordinance is passed and takes
effect as an emergency measure upon its first reading on January Q75 , 2011.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Joe A& me
Mayor
Approved as to legal form: December 8, 2010
T. j►risha Dang
Assistant City Attorney
For City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an
emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and
voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings: Uwe, therefore, request that you
suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or
at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
az
Joe Ad e
Mayor
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Joe Adame
Chris N. Adler
Larry R. Elizondo, Sr.
Kevin Kieschnick
Priscilla Leal
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
Mark Scott
Linda Strong
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028937
State of Texas
County of Nueces
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Ad # 5960294
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came
GEORGIA LAWSON, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she
is LEGAL SALES REPRESENTITIVE AND EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLISHER,
namely, the Corpus Christi Caller -Times, a daily newspaper published at
Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee,
Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, and
San Patricio, Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE NO. 02893 which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the
Corpus Christi Caller -Times on the'1/31/2011, 1i31/2011.
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1Time(s)
On this dayof
is a true and an exat copy m • e by publisher.
LEGAL SI RE RESENTIVE
, 2011 I certify that the attached document
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4E H January .31, 2011 » CALLER -TIMES
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NOTICEOF
'PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE NO.
028937
Ord. continuing the
curfew ord.'.for'.mi-
nors, the Code of
Ord., City of Corpus
Christi, Sections
33-40, 33-41, 33-42
&33-43.
/s/ Armando Chaps
City Secretary
State of Texas
County of Nueces
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Ad # 5959695
PO #
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came
GEORGIA LAWSON, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she
is LEGAL SALES REPRESENTITIVE AND EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLISHER,
namely, the Corpus Christi Caller -Times, a daily newspaper published at
Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee,
Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, and
San Patricio, Counties, and that the publication of, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
A public hearing w which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the
Corpus Christi Caller -Times on the 1124/2011, 1/24/2011.
$ 93.84
1Time(s)
LEGAL SALES REPRESENTIVE
On this day o N(' , 2 b 1 I certify that the attached document
is a true and an exac copy ma • e .y publisher.
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�. MICHELLE JOYCE GA�Y�tEFtA
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Notary Public, 'Sta,f Texas
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PLiB4,iC HEARI IG_
N. oar_
A public.• hearing: will
be.,held;.on 4$nuary
25,2011 by the;Cor-
pus C=hristl:Clt.Y
Council to constder
continuing the exist
ing" curfew, ordinance`
for minors; Code of
Ordinances, Sections
33-40, 33-41,';33-42,
and 33-43 The `pub-
lic hearing will . be
held during the regu-
lar City. Cou;n.oil
meeting whichrcom-
mences at 12:00'p.m.
in'.Council Charnbers,
First Floor, City Hall,
1201 Leopard
/s/ ArMando Chapa
City Secretary