OR 2016-1431 Curfew
ORDINANCE NO. 2016-1431
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
READOPTING, RATIFYING, REPUBLISHING AND EXTENDING
CHAPTER 9 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ARTICLE 9-17, CURFEW
HOURS FOR MINORS, FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council previously passed and adopted Ordinance
No. 2000-906, which provided for "Curfew Hours for Minors" establishing such curfew hours
and penalties for violations thereof; and
WHEREAS, the "Curfew Hours for Minors" was readopted by Ordinance No. 2003-1030
on March 25, 2003; Ordinance No. 2007-1158 on February 27, 2007; Ordinance No. 2010-1247 on
;
February 9, 2010; and Ordinance No 2013-1334, on February 26, 2013and
WHEREAS, such Ordinance has been codified as Chapter 9, Article 9-17, Sections 9-17-
1 through 9-17-6, of the Code of Ordinances; 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 (3) year period, the Police Department
has furnished records and reports indicating the need for such ordinance to remain in effect; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to continue the provisions of the Code without any
modifications, and schedule the same for review in February 2019.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance Nos. 2003-1030, 2007-1158, 2010-1247, 2013-1334, codified
as Chapter 9, Article 9-17, Sections 9-17-1 through 9-17-6 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
readopted, ratified, republished and extended from the date of its execution and shall remain in
effect through February 2019, unless otherwise repealed or terminated under the provisions of State
law.
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SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas,
except as provided herein, 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hereby, repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall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, or section 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 publication, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, thiszP5 lay
of ~2016
APPROV" :
By: A iii /I
ATTEST: KA' : SELB• UNT, MAYOR
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CHRISTEL TTINOS, C Y SECRETARY
APPROV 1 A T I FO'M:
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ROBERT E. / R, CITY ATTORNEY
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