HomeMy WebLinkAbout1592 05-13-2003ORDINANCE NO. 1592
AN ORDINANCE CONTINUING IN EFFECT ORDINANCE
NO. 1144, ADOPTED ON JULY 12, 1994, AND CODIFIED
AS SECTION 50 -27, ENTITLED "CURFEW HOURS FOR
MINORS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF EULESS, TEXAS; REFLECTING COMPLIANCE WITH
ALL REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, after study, heretofore
enacted Euless Ordinance No. 1144 on July 12, 1994, adding to the Euless Code of
Ordinances Section 50 -27, imposing curfew hours for minors as defined therein, and
providing certain exceptions, rules and regulations for the enforcement thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Euless City Council enacted Ordinance No. 1229 on May 27, 1997,
and Ordinance No. 1425 on May 9, 2000, reenacting and continuing in effect the
provisions of said juvenile curfew ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Section 370.002 of the Texas Local Government Code requires that
such an ordinance be reexamined periodically to determine whether such provisions
should be continued in effect, modified or abolished; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, has conducted a review
of its curfew ordinance's effect on the community and on the problems the ordinance was
intended to remedy; and
WHEREAS, the Euless City Council has conducted a public hearing on the need
to continue in effect the Euless juvenile curfew ordinance; and
WHEREAS, based on its review of the ordinance's effects on the community and
on the problems the ordinance was intended to remedy, and based on input obtained at
the public hearing, the Euless City Council now finds and determines that the current
juvenile curfew ordinance provisions in effect within the City should be continued in effect
without modification.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EULESS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1
That Ordinance No. 1144, adopted on July 12, 1994, and codified as Sec. 50 -27
of the Euless Code of Ordinances, as amended, and as continued by Ordinance No. 1229,
adopted on May 27, 1997, and Ordinance No. 1425, adopted on May 9, 2000, entitled
"Curfew hours for minors" be and the same is hereby continued in effect within the
corporate limits of the City of Euless, Texas.
SECTION 2
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance
are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance
shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since
the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this
ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
SECTION 3
Saving Clause. That Chapter 50 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless, Texas,
as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this
ordinance.
SECTION 4
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State
of Texas.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST AND FINAL READING AND APPROVED at a
regular meeting of the Euless City Council on the 13`h day of May, 2003, by a vote of
7 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
Mary Lib Sak6h, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan Crim, �MC, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/Bo McFarland, City Attorney
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