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