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8i!:,.J >- õ ,.." -J.J c- c:: <:..> ;..J~¡ ~ ~~ 62 LU g -:- LU:E ~ U .--1 e::: e:: .;..\ ~ N Ô~ -;.:..:1 -1 ¡;n 15 &b~ =5 f:.Ð ORDINANCE 1994- 68 I. - ~ð. , AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY ::ë -::r >- § OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 16, a~'! g: ~ ëa MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND PROVISIONS, OF THE LJj g -:;- ~:Ii SAN MARCOS CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING AN ...J ~ ~. 53 ~ ARTICLE VII, CURFEW FOR MINORS; DEFINING HOURS - d ~ ~ 'S OF CURFEW FOR MINORS; DEFINING OFFENSES FOR u.,-, <ï: t::Þ MINORS, PARENTS OF MINORS AND BUSINESS ~ ~ ~j >- rg ESTABLISHMENTS VIOLATING CURFEW REGULATIONS; r- 0 i3 ~ ;5 ~ PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL , UJ oS! --... ~::E CONFLICTING ORDINANCES i PROVIDING FOR ~\~ ;q ~ ~ PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND i.1:94 :.,; ~ ~ PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. :¡: RECI~YS : 1. The City Council has reviewed evidence, including the statistics generated by the city of San Marcos Police Department on the attached Exhibit A, and has determined that there has been an increase in juvenile gang related activity and an increase in crime involving persons under the age of seventeen in the city of San Marcos. 2. The city Council believes that persons under the age of seventeen are particularly susceptible to unlawful é.nd gang related activities and to be victims of older perpetrators of crime. 3. The City of San Marcos has a compelling interest in providing for the protection of minors from each other and from other persons, the enforcement of parental control of and responsibility for their children, the protection of the general public, and the reduction of the incidence of juvenile involvement in criminal activities. 4. The City Council believes that a curfew for persons under seventeen years of age will be i~ the interest of the public health, safety, and general welfare, and will help to attain the foregoing objectives. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Chapter 16, Miscellaneous Offenses and provisions, of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances is amended by adding an Article VII to read as follows: ARTICLE VII. CURFEW FOR MINORS Sec. 16-80. Definitions: Curfew Hours for Minors. In this Article: (1) Chief of police means the chief of police of the city of San Marcos or a designated representative. (2) Curfew hours means: (A) 11:00 p.m. until midnight on any Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday; and, (B) Midnight until 6:00 a.m. on any day; and, (C) 9:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. (3) Direct route means the shortest path of travel through a public place to reach a final destination without any detour or stop along the way.