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12-30-01-Ordinance-Amending the Curfew requirements-12/03/2001CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS ORDINANCE No. #12-30-01 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE 7.601 AND REMOVING ARTICLE 7.603(C) OF THE CITY OF SANGER CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS: SECTION I THAT CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE 7.601 OF THE CITY OF SANGER CODE OF ORDINANCES IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 7.601 Definitions a. Curfew Hours 1. 11:00 p.m. on Sunday. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. or Thursday, until 6:00 a.m, of the following day; and 2. 12:01 a.m, until 6:00 a.m. on any Saturday or Sunday. b. Emergency Unforseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to, a fire, a natural disaster, an automobile accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life. C. Establishment. Any privately -owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited; including but not limited to any place of amusement or entertainment. d. Guardian. 1. A person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor; or 2. A public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court. e. Minor. Any person under 17 years of age. f. Operator. Any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating, managing, or conducting any establishment. The term includes members or partners of an association or partnership and the officers of a corporation. g. Parent. A person who is: A natural parent, adoptive parent, or step-parent of another person; or 2. At least 18 years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have the care and custody of a minor. h. Public Place. Any place in which the public or substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops. i. Remain. Linger or stay; or 2. Fail to leave premises when requested to do so by a police officer or the owner, operator, or other person in control of the premises. Serious Bodil-2Ini . Bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. SECTION II AND THAT CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE 7.603(C) OF THE CITY OF SANGER CODE OF ORDINANCES IS HEREBY REMOVED FROM THE CODE. SECTION III All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. SECTION IV It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance are severable and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgement or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section. SECTION V This Ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption as the law in such cases provides. PASSED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of December, 2001, by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas. Tommy Ki aid, Mayor ATTEST;y'r'` . °. k' Citye, TEX P