(A) The Board of Commissioners finds that there has been an increase in juvenile violence and crime by juveniles in recent years.
(B) Juveniles are particularly susceptible by their lack of maturity and experience to participate in unlawful activities and to be victims of older perpetrators of crime.
(C) Because of the foregoing, special and extenuating circumstances presently exist within the county that require special regulation of juveniles within the county in order to protect them and other persons during the nighttime hours, to aid in crime prevention, to promote parental supervision and authority over minors and to decrease juvenile crime rates.
(D) In accordance with prevailing community standards, this chapter serves to regulate the conduct of minors in public places during nighttime hours, to be effectively and consistently enforced for the protection of juveniles from each other and from other persons, in public places during nighttime hours, for the enforcement of parental control of, authority over and responsibility for their children, for the protection of the general public from nighttime mischief by juveniles, for the reduction in the incidents of juvenile criminal activities, for the furtherance of family responsibility and for the public good, safety and welfare.
(E) It is the intent of the County Board to review and evaluate the need and effect of nighttime curfew for juveniles set forth in this chapter on the incidents of juvenile criminal activity and protection of juveniles against criminal activity.
(Ord. 25, passed 2-1-96)