HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-20 - Amending Chapter 10.36 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code Pertaining to CurfewsC. In recent years, minors have increasingly been
victims of violent crime and the adoption and enforcement of a
curfew ordinance will tend to reverse this trend.
D. Curfew ordinances tend to reinforce parental
authority and supervision.
• Section 10.36.020. Definition. For the purpose of this
Chapter, any person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be
deemed a minor.
ORDINANCE NO. 85 -20
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING CHAPTER 10.36 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO CURFEWS
The City Council does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10.36 of the Newport Beach Municipal
Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sections
10.36.010 Purpose and Intent
10.36.020 Definition
10.36.030 Curfew Hours
10.36.040 Enforcement
Section 10.36.010. Purpose and Intent. The City
Council
declares its purpose and intent in enacting this
ordinance
is as follows:
A. The ability to make reasoned judgments, resist peer
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pressure
and understand the consequences of improper behavior
increase
with age, knowledge and experience, all of which are
likely to increase as a person grows older, and these factors
justify
the application of a curfew to minors, but not adults.
B. Juvenile crime, especially nighttime crime, has
increased
over the years and jurisdictions enforcing a nocturnal
juvenile
curfew have experienced a reduction in crime and non-
criminal
mischief.
C. In recent years, minors have increasingly been
victims of violent crime and the adoption and enforcement of a
curfew ordinance will tend to reverse this trend.
D. Curfew ordinances tend to reinforce parental
authority and supervision.
• Section 10.36.020. Definition. For the purpose of this
Chapter, any person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be
deemed a minor.
Section 10.36.030. Curfew Hours. It shall be unlawful
• for any minor to loiter or idle in or upon the public streets,
alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public places, vacant lots or
other unsupervised places, between the hours of tdrf- (10:00)
p.m. and six (6 :00) a.m, of the following day.
The curfew shall not apply to the following:
A. Any minor accompanied by a parent, legal guardian
or a responsible adult to which custody of the minor has been
given by the parent or legal guardian; and
B. To any minor performing any task at the direction
of his or her legal guardian or to any minor responding to an
emergency with or without parental consent; and
C. To any minor then acting within the course and
scope of his or her employment; and
D. To any minor on the property of, or the sidewalk
directly adjacent to, or the buildings irrmediately adjacent to
• the building in which he or she resides; and
E. To any minor attending organized associational
activity, such as school meetings, classes or sporting events,
religious meetings, dances, concerts, theatrical performances, or
similar events, or other Constitutionally protected activity; and
F. To any minor engaged in reasonable and direct
travel to and from those activities described in subparagraph E.
Section 10.36.040. Enforcement. Every police officer
is hereby authorized and empowered to demand from any person,
whom the officer has reasonable cause to believe is in violation
of Section 10.36.030, that such person give his or her name,
address, proof of age, the name of parent, guardian or adult
having care or custody of such person, and other information
• reasonably necessary to determine whether such violation exists.
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This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the22nd day
of July , 1985, and was adopted on the 12th day of August , 1985
by the following vote:
AYES, COUNCIUAMVBERS Cox, Hart, Maurer,
Plummer
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS Agee, Strauss
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS'Heather
ATTEST
City Clerk
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