HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 2014-12-10 Continuing Curfew for Minors.pdfCITY OF ANNA, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-12-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS CONTINUING IN EFFECT
CURFEW FOR MINORS
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS:
Section 1. Findings
(a) The City Council of the City of Anna, Texas ("City Council") finds that:
(1) juvenile violence, vandalism, illegal drug activity, and other crimes by persons
under the age of 17 in the City of Anna do occur and are reduced as a direct
result of the adoption and enforcement of City of Anna Ordinance 208-2005,
now codified in the Anna City Code of Ordinances, Part II, Article 29, Section 2;
(2) persons under the age of 17 are particularly susceptible, by their lack of
maturity and experience, to engagement in unlawful activities and to be victims
of older perpetrators of crime and are more prone to be unsupervised and
unprotected by guardians or responsible adults during late evening and early
morning hours;
(3) the City has an obligation to provide for the protection of minors from each other
and from other persons, for the enforcement of parental control over and
responsibility for children, for the protection of the general public, and for the
reduction of the incidence of juvenile criminal activities;
(4) a curfew for those under the age of 17 is in the interest of the public health,
safety, and general welfare and will help to diminish the undesirable impact of
illegal conduct on the citizens of the City;
(5) before the adoption of this Resolution, the City Council reviewed The Anna City
Code of Ordinances, Part II, Article 29, Section 2 and its effects on the
community and on problems that those provisions were intended to remedy;
and
(6) before the adoption of this Resolution, the City Council conducted public
hearings on the need to sustain the provisions of this resolution.
Section 2. Continuing in effect Curfew for Minors
The Anna City Code of Ordinances, Part II, Article 29, Section 2, regarding a curfew for
minors, is hereby deemed to continue in effect from the date of the adoption of this
resolution until it is due for review every third year hereafter.
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas, by the following votes on this
the 16th day of December, 2014.
ATTESTED:
dl Secreta , Natha Wilkison
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