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ORDINANCE NO. 2015 -13 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS CONTINUING THE JUVENILE CURFEW FOR MINORS ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2009 -28 AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED BY ORDINANCE 2012 -16; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RECITALS: 1. On June 2, 2009, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2009 -28 establishing a curfew for minors under Section 54.076 et seq. of the San Marcos City Code. State law requires that cities hold a public hearing every three years on the need to continue the ordinance and either abolish, continue or modify the ordinance; otherwise, the curfew would expire. 2. On April, 3, 2012 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2012 -16 extending the curfew for an additional three years. 3. The Chief of Police for the City of San Marcos has provided statistical evidence concerning the effectiveness of the juvenile curfew ordinance. Public hearings were conducted on April 7, 2015 and April 21, 2015 to provide public input on the necessity of continuing the ordinance. 4. The City Council has determined that the existence of the juvenile curfew has aided in decreasing juvenile violence, juvenile gang activity, and other criminal activity related to the lack of maturity and experience exhibited by persons under the age of seventeen years. 5. The City of San Marcos has an obligation to provide for the protection of minors from each other and from other persons, for the enforcement of parental control of and responsibility for their children, for the protection of the general public and for the reduction of juvenile criminal activities. 6. The City Council of the City of San Marcos believes that a curfew for those under seventeen years of age will be in the interest of the public health, safety, and general welfare, and will help to attain the above set forth objectives and to diminish the undesirable impact of such conduct on the citizens of the City of San Marcos. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. The City Council adopts the findings and conclusions stated in the Recitals. SECTION 2. For the reasons stated in the Recitals, Ordinance No. 2009 -28 establishing juvenile curfew hours under Section 54.076 et seq. of the San Marcos City Code is hereby continued. 1