(A) The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the city has determined that juveniles have been causing general disturbances to residents, and contributing to an excessive number of incidents of damage to private and public property and disturbances of the peace.
(B) The city’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen determines that special and extenuating circumstances presently exist within the city that call for special regulation of minors within the city in order to protect them from each other and from other persons on the street during the nocturnal hours, and to aid in crime prevention, to promote parental supervision and authority over minors and to decrease juvenile crime rates.
(C) In accordance with the prevailing community standards, this chapter serves to regulate the conduct of juveniles on streets during nocturnal hours and those hours prohibited by any applicable state law, to be effectively and consistently enforced for the protection of the juveniles in the city from each other and from other persons on the streets during nocturnal hours, for the enforcement of parental control of, authority over and responsibility for their children, for the protection of the public from nocturnal mischief by juveniles, for the reduction in the incidents of juvenile criminal activity, for the furtherance of family responsibility and for the public good, safety and welfare.
(D) After further review and continuing evaluation, the Board finds that there is justification for the purposes and findings herein to adopt this chapter.
(2011 Code, § 11-902)