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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Sharpe, Jr. DATE: January 26, 2009 <br /> <br /> BILL NO.: 9018 ORDINANCE NO.: 6767 <br /> <br /> <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 /> <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY <br /> CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <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 /> <br /> A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to: <br /> <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 /> <br /> B. Definitions. As used in this section: <br /> <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 />