A. The City Council finds and determines that there has been an increase in juvenile violence and crime by minors in the City.
B. Minors 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 City that require special regulation of minors within the City 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 minors from each other and from other persons, 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 minors, 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 City Council to review and evaluate the need and effect of nighttime curfew for minors set forth in this Chapter on the incidents of juvenile criminal activity and protection of minors against criminal activity. (Ord. 552, sec. 1, 5-15-95, eff. 6-1-95)