Request for Board Action
Date: July 14, 2010 Bill No. 6217-10
To: Mayor and Board of Aldermen Section No. XIII
From: Mahesh Sharma, City Administrator
Department Head Approval:
City Administrator Approval:
Finance Director Approval: ________________________ (only needed if fiscal impact)
Action Requested: Amend an Ordinance that changes the current curfew times as follow:
The current ordinance states:
11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday
12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., Friday and Saturday
Our proposed change:
10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday
11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., Friday and Saturday
The amended ordinance also modifies the penalty phase by removing a required warning and
instituting an initial penalty of a General Ordinance Summons.
Recommendation: Adopt amended Ordinance.
Analysis: Curfew for Minors was originally discussed at the July 6, 2010 Board of Aldermen meeting.
The Board of Aldermen gave direction to staff to provide the Municipal Committee an opportunity to
discuss and present a recommendation to the full Board. The Municipal Committee discussed
possible amendments to the existing ordinance and received input from the Chief of Police. The
Municipal Committee recommended approval of the amended ordinance by a vote of 5-0.
Alternatives: Do not adopt amended Ordinance.
Fiscal Impact: None
Additional Reports: n/a
Sponsor(s): Municipal Committee
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13, OFFENSES RELATING TO THE PRESENCE
AND CONDUCT OF MINORS ON STREETS AND PUBLIC PLACES, ARTICLE X, SECTIONS
13-121, 13-123, 13-125, REGARDING CURFEW FOR MINORS, PARENTS’
RESPONSIBILITY AND PENALTIES
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen has determined as provided herein that it would be
in the best interest of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Raytown to amend the Code of Ordinances for the City of Raytown.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF RAYTOWN, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE X. OFFENSES RELATING TO THE PRESENCE AND CONDUCT OF
MINORS ON STREETS AND PUBLIC PLACES
1. Section 13-120. Definitions, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 13-120. Definitions.
For the purposes of this ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words, and their
derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the
context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural
number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include
the plural number. The word “shall” is always mandatory and not merely
directory.
(a) City is the City of Raytown;
(b) Minor is any person under the age of 17;
(c) Parent is the natural or adoptive parent of a minor;
(d) Guardian is any person over the age of 18 who is in loco parentis to a minor;
(e) Custodian is any person over the age of 18 who is in loco parentis to a minor;
(f) Public Place shall mean any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, park,
playground or place to which the general public has access and a right to
resort for business, entertainment, or other lawful purpose. A public place
shall include but not be limited to any store, shop, restaurant, tavern, bowling
alley, café, theater, drug store, pool room, shopping center, and any other
place devoted to amusement or entertainment of the general public. It shall
also include the front or immediate area of the above.
2. Section 13-121. Curfew For Minors, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 13-121. Curfew For Minors.
It shall be an offense for any minor to remain, idle, wander, stroll, or play in any
public place either on foot or to cruise about without a set destination in any
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vehicle in, about or upon any place in the city between the hours of 10:00 p.m.
and 6:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
and 6:00 a.m. Friday through Saturday unless accompanied by a parent,
guardian, custodian, or other adult person having custody or control of such
minor or unless the minor is on an emergency errand or specific business or
activity directed or permitted by his parent, guardian or other adult person having
the care and custody of the minor or where the presence of such minor is
connected with or required by some legitimate employment, trade, profession or
occupation.
3. Section 13-122. Responsibility of Owners of Public Places, is hereby amended
as follows:
Section 13-122. Responsibility of Owners of Public Places
It shall be an offense for any person, firm or corporation operating or having
charge of any public place to knowingly permit or suffer the presence of minors
under the age of 17 between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Sunday
through Thursday and between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Friday
through Saturday.
4. Section 13-123. Parents’ Responsibility, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 13-123. Parents’ Responsibility.
It shall be an offense for the parent, guardian or other adult person having
custody or control of any minor under the age of 17 to suffer or permit or by
inefficient control to allow such minor to be on the streets or sidewalks or on or in
any public property or public place within the City between the hours of 10:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday and between the hours of 11:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Friday through Saturday. However the provisions of this
Section do not apply to a minor accompanied by his parent, guardian custodian
or other adult person having the care, custody or control of the minor, or if the
minor is on an emergency errand or specific business or activity directed by his
parent, guardian, custodian or other adult having the care and custody of the
minor or if the parent, guardian or other adult person herein has made a missing
person notification to the Police Department.
5. Section 13-124. Special Functions.
Section 13-124. Special Functions.
Any minor attending a special function or entertainment of any church, school,
club, or other organization that requires such minor to be out at a later hour than
that called for in Section 13-121 shall be exempt from the provisions of this
Article, provided the church, school, club or other organization may register in
advance with the Chief of Police or his designate to have the minors stay out to
this later hour. The registrant shall state the time the function or entertainment
shall end, and the minors who attend the function shall be required to be in their
homes or usual places of abode within one half hour after the function is ended.
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