OR 2003-1030 Curfew Hours for MinorsAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2003-1030
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
READOPTING, RATIFYING, REPUBLISHING AND EXTENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 2000-906, PROVIDING FOR CURFEW HOURS FOR
MINORS IN THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, FOR A PERIOD OF
THREE (3) YEARS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on or about the 14th day of March, 2000, the City Council passed and adopted
Ordinance No. 2000-906, which provides for "Curfew Hours for Minors" establishing such curfew
hours and penalties for violations thereof; and,
WHEREAS, Chapter 370.002 of the TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, as amended,
provides that the City Council shall review the Article and conditions the ordinance was intended
to remedy three (3) years from its date of passage and every third year thereafter and conduct
public hearings to determine the need to continue, modify or abolish the ordinance; and
WHEREAS, prior to the expiration of such three year period, the Police Department has
furnished records and reports indicating the need for Ordinance No. 2000-906 to remain in
effect; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to continue Ordinance No. 2000-906, without any
modifications, and schedule the same for review in March of 2006;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 2000-906 is hereby readopted, ratified, republished and
extended from the date of its execution and shall remain in effect through March 14, 2006, unless
otherwise terminated the provisions of State law.
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas,
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other
provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or phrase of this ordinance
or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof
other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the
validity of the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ~' -'~day of
APPROVAID:~~5~~
CANDY SHEE-HA~7 ~[AYO-R
ATTEST:
LIBBY' BALL,/~Y SECPT_ETARY
~TORNEY
(REI-Ucdb 3/14/03) (54568)
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