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RESOLUTION NO. 1583
A RESOLUTION O F THE C ITY C OUNCIL OF T HE C ITY O F BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, CONTINUING CHAPTER 66 "OFFENSES," ARTICLE IV "CURFEW
FOR MINORS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown passed Ordinance No. 6987
establishing a juvenile curfew in the City of Baytown, Texas, on April 28, 1994; and
WHEREAS, Section 370.002, Local Government Code, V.T.C.A., requires review of the
curfew ordinance's effects on the community and on the problems which it was intended to
remedy every third year after enactment; and
WHEREAS, in 1997 and 2000, the City Council held the requisite public hearings and
reviewed the curfew ordinance in accordance with law and determined each time to continue the
ordinance without modification; and
WHEREAS, on April 10, 2003, prior to the passage of this resolution, the City Council
held a public hearing on the need to continue the curfew ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on April 24, 2003, prior to the passage of this resolution, the City Council
held a second public hearing on the need to continue the curfew ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown has reviewed the curfew
ordinance's effect on the community and on the problems the ordinance was intended to remedy,
and finds the ordinance to be meeting the purposes for which it was enacted; NOW
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: All matters and facts set forth in the recitals above are found to be true, and
are approved as the processes and procedures which the City Council of the City of Baytown
undertook and completed prior to the adoption of this resolution.
Section 2: The City Council of the City of Baytown continues in effect for all purposes
Ordinance No. 6987, which is now codified in Article IV "Curfew for Minors" of Chapter 66
"Offenses" of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas.
Section 3: This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
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INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED, by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 241h day of April, 2003.
PETE C. ALFARO,Mayor
ATTEST:
GAR W. SMITH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
NACIO RAMIREZ, W., City Attorney
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