HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 07-1708
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS,
READOPTING, RATIFYING, REPUBLISHING AND EXTENDING
CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 13-31 THROUGH 13-37
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR CURFEW HOURS FOR
MINORS IN THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, FOR A
PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council has previously passed and adopted an Ordinance,
which provides for "Curfew Hours for Minors" establishing such curfew hours and
penalties for violations thereof; and,
WHEREAS, such Ordinance has been codified m Chapter 13, Article III,
Sections 13-31 through 13-37; 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 such 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 March 2010.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS;
SECTION 1. That Chapter 13, Article III, Sections 13-31 through 13-37 is hereby
readopted, ratified, republished and extended from the date of its execution and shall
remain in effect through March 2010, unless otherwise terminated under the provisions of
the State law.
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of The
Colony, 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repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall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.
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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 ofthe 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 AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of The
Colony, Texas, this the 5th day of March. 2007.
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CHRISTIE WILSON, City Secretary
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