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INTRODUCED BY: DATE: January 26, 2009 <br />BILL NO.: ORDINANCE NO.: <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9.20 OF THE UNIVERSITY <br />CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST <br />MINORS, BY REPEALING SECTION 9.20.020 THEREOF, RELATING <br />TO CURFEW, AND BY REPEALING SECTION 9.20.030 THEREOF, <br />RELATING TO UNLAWFUL FOR PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER <br />ADULT TO PERMIT CURFEW VIOLATION, AND ENACTING IN LIEU <br />THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS “SECTION 9.20.020 <br />CURFEW”; THEREBY AMENDING SECTION 9.20.020 SO AS, AMONG <br />OTHER THINGS, CHANGE THE CURFEW TIME TO BETWEEN THE <br />HOURS OF TEN P.M. AND SIX A.M. ON ALL DAYS; CONTAINING A <br />SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING PENALTY. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY <br />CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Chapter 9.20 of the University City Municipal Code, relating to <br />offenses by or against minors, is hereby amended by repealing Section 9.20.020 thereof, <br />relating to curfew, and by repealing Section 9.20.030 thereof, relating to unlawful for <br />parent, guardian or other adult to permit curfew violation, and enacting in lieu thereof a <br />new section to be known as “Section 9.20.020 Curfew”, so that said section, as so <br />amended, shall read as follows: <br />9.20.020 Curfew. <br />A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to: <br />1. Promote the general welfare and protect the general public through the reduction of <br />juvenile violence and crime within the City; <br />2. Promote the safety and well-being of the City's youngest citizens, persons under the <br />age of 17 years whose inexperience renders them particularly vulnerable to becoming <br />participants in unlawful activities, particularly unlawful drug activities, and to being <br />victimized by older perpetrators of crime; and <br />3. Foster and strengthen parental responsibility for children. <br />B. Definitions. As used in this section: <br />1. “Curfew hours” means from 10:00 p.m. on any day until 6:00 a.m. on the following <br />day. <br />2. “Emergency” means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state <br />that calls for immediate action. The term “emergency” includes, but is not limited to, a <br />fire, a natural disaster, an automobile accident, or any situation that requires immediate <br />action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life. <br /> <br />