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ORDINANCE #95-18 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 5 WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5, SECTION 5.05 "CURFEW" OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA ENTITLED The City Council of the City of Ramsey Ordains: SECTION 1. REPEAL The City Council is repealing Section 5.05 of the City Code in its entirety and is replacing it with new verbiage. SECTION 2. AMENDMENT Section 5.05 of the City Code is amended to read as follows: 5.05 CURFEW 5.05.01 Purposes and Findings. a. The Ramsey City Council finds and determines that there has been an increase in juvenile violence and crime by juveniles in the City of Ramsey. b. Juveniles are particularly susceptible by their lack of maturity and experience to participate in unlawful activities and to be victims of older perpetrators of crime. Because of the foregoing, special and extenuating circumstances presently exist within this city that require special regulation of juveniles within this city in order to protect them and other persons during the nighttime hours, to aid in crime prevention, to promote parental supervision and authority over minors, and to decrease juvenile crime rates. In accordance with prevailing community standards, this Ordinance serves to regulate the conduct of minors in public places during nighttime hours, to be effectively and consistently enforced for the protection of juveniles from each other and from other persons, in public places during nighttime hours, for the enforcement of parental control of, authority over, and responsibility for their children, for the protection of the general public from nighttime mischief by juveniles, for the reduction in the incidents of juvenile criminal activities, for the furtherance of family responsibility and for the public good, safety and welfare. eo It is the intent of the City Council to review and evaluate the need and effect of nighttime curfew for juveniles set forth in this ordinance on the incidents of juvenile criminal activity and protection of juveniles against criminal activity.