HomeMy WebLinkAbout030089 ORD - 02/11/2014ORDINANCE
Continuing the curfew ordinance for minors, The Code of Ordinances, City of
Corpus Christi, Sections 33-40, 33-41, 33-42 and 33-43
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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
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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.
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the n )Clay of )y the following vote:
Nelda Martinez
Kelley Allen
Rudy Garza
Priscilla Leal
David Loeb
Chad Magill
Colleen McIntyre
Lillian Riojas
Mark Scott
That the foregoing ord. ance was read for the second time and passed finally on this
the j t" day of , 2-0 `t , by the following vote:
Nelda Martinez
Kelley Allen
Rudy Garza
Priscilla Leal
David Loeb
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PASSED AND APPROVED, this the I th day of
ATTEST:
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Chad Magill
Colleen McIntyre
Lillian Riojas
Mark Scott
Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
Nelda Ma
Mayor
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4E I January 27,2014 CALLER TIMES
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
A public hearing will be held
January 28, 2014 by the
Corpus Christi City Council
to consider continuing the
existing curfew ordinance
for minors, Code of Ordi-
nances," Sections 33-40,
33-41, 33-42, and 33-43.
The public hearing will be
held during the regular City
Council meeting which com-
mences at 12:00 pm in Coun-
cil Chambers, First Floor,
City Hall,1201 Leopard
/s/Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
City of Corpus Christi
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came GEORGIA LAWSON, who
being first July sworn according to law, says that she is LEGAL SALES REPRESENATIVE 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(S)NO which the annexed is a true copy.
was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times on:
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NO. 030079, Ordinance
amending Section 53 250
of the Code of Ordinances
to delete "Hudson Street,
from Shaw Street to Staf-
ford Street"from Schedule I,
One way streets and alleys;
NO. 030080, Ordinance
amending Section 53 253 of
the Code of Ordinances to
remove the parking prohi-
bition on Manhattan Drive
by deleting the street from
"Schedule IV Stopping,
standing or parking prohib-
ited during certain hours
4 on certain streets; and NO.
030089, Ordinance continu-
ing the curfew ordinance
for minors, the Code of
Ordinances, City of Corpus
Christi, Sections 33 40, 33
41, 33 42, and 33 43; provid-
ing for penalties; providing
for severance; and provid-
ing for publication. These
ordinances were passed and
approved on second reading
by the City Council on Febru-
ary 11,2014.
/s/Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary