HomeMy WebLinkAbout031062 ORD - 02/14/2017 Ordinance
Continuing the curfew ordinances for minors in the Corpus Christi Code of
Ordinance, 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;
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;
WHEREAS, the subsequent third year anniversary date of adoption of the Juvenile
Curfew ordinance is February 16, 2017;
WHEREAS, the City Council has held public hearings thereon on January 31, 2017
and on February 14, 2017 and has reviewed the ordinances' effects on the community and
on problems the ordinances were intended to remedy, prior to the anniversary date;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The curfew ordinances found at Sections 33-40, 33-41, 33-42, and 33-43 of
the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinance is hereby continued.
That the fore going ordinanc- was read for the first time and passed to its second reading
on this the ` j I `tday of 4, AL,„ 0 „0,,,4 , 2017, by the following vote:
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Rudy Garza I 1 Lucy Rubio
Paulette Guajardo _ �GGreg Smith I ----(1 6/
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Michael Hunter ;�� Carolyn Vaughn
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That the foregoing ordi awas read for the second time and passed finally on this the
14 7-1 `day of nce j- , 2017, by the following vote:
Dan-Mc-Queen Vat a.A Ben Molina LI
/ 1 Rudy Garza I Lucy Rubio
Paulette Guajardo i , ! Greg Smith rj
Michael Hunter IL , Carolyn Vaughn t i !
Joe McComb $ d i
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PASSED AND APPROVED, this theI day of VntCe. • , 2017.
ATTEST:
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Rebecca Huerta ': - ' �'.•,�- • CCt cOa*tCp
City Secretary Mayor IM '�-e-"'
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