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1 ORDINANCE NO. 16,825
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK,
4 ARK., ORD. NO. 16,564 (JANUARY 4,
5 1994) TO ADD A CURFEW FOR MINORS
6 DURING NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS ON
7 WEEKDAYS, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
8 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, during the discussions about whether to impose a
11 juvenile curfew in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, it was
12 determined that a significant amount of juvenile crime occurs
13 during school hours within the City; and
14 WHEREAS, current state laws on truancy do not deal with
15 juveniles that have been expelled; and
16 WHEREAS, the City has a strong desire to enact an ordinance
17 that will reduce juvenile crime and victimization during
18 daylight hours, and to promote juvenile safety and well being,
19 whether these persons are in public school. private school. home
20 schooling. or involved in other activities;
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
22 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
23 SECTION 1. Section 3 of Little Rock, Ark., Ord. No. 16,564
24 (January 4, 1994), is hereby amended to read as follows:
25 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. The Board of Directors
26 of the City of Little Rock finds that special
27 circumstances exist within the•City that call
28 for the special regulation of minors within
29 the City in order to protect them from each
30 other and from other persons on the street
31 during the nocturnal hours and during normal
32 school hours, whether public. private or home
33 schooling, to aid in crime prevention, to
34 promote parental supervision and authority
35 over minors and to decrease nocturnal crime
36 rates and crime rates during school hours.
SECTION 2. Section 5 of Little Rock, Ark., Ord. No. 16,564
1 (January 4, 1994), is hereby amended to add the following:
2` (b) ..It shall be unlawful,for any minor to be
3 upon the streets, sidewalks, parks,
4 playgrounds, public places and vacant lots, or
5 to ride in or upon, drive or otherwise operate
6 or be a passenger, of any automobile, bicycle,
7 or other vehicle in, upon, over or through the
8 streets, or other public places between the
9 hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Monday,
10 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.
11 (c) It shall be unlawful for any parent to
12 permit a minor to be upon the, streets,
13 sidewalks, parks, playgrounds, public places
14 and vacant lots, or to ride in or upon, drive
15 or otherwise operate a vehicle in, upon, over
16 or through the streets, or other public places
17. as set forth in subsections (a) or (b). The
18 fact that a minor-is in violation of the
19 provisions of subsection (a) or 'subsection
20 (b), without a defense as set forth in Section
21 6 of this Ordinance, shall create a rebuttable
22 presumption that a parent is in violation of
23 this subsection.
24 SECTION 3. Little Rock, Ark., Ord. No. 16,564 (January 4,
25 1994) is hereby amended to add:
26 (8) With respect to the hours between 9:00
27 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Monday,.. Tuesday,
28 Wednesday, Thursday or Friday only, it is a
29 defense that the i�ublic or Private school
30 which the minor attends was not in session,
31 that: the minor is being home schooled in
32.. accordance with Arkansas law and a recess has
33 been declared by the home school teacher, that
34 the .minor is a high school graduate or has an
35 equivalent certification, or that the minor is
36 on an excused absence from his or her place of
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schooling, provided that a disciplinary
suspension or expulsion is not deemed an
excused absence for the purposes of this
Ordinance.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection,
subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph., item, sentence, clause,
phrase or word of this Ordinance is declared or adjudged to be
invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication
shall not affect the remaining.portions of this Ordinance which
shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so
declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not
originally a part of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. REPEALER. All laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflict.
SECTION 6. EMERGENCY. The need to protect juveniles during
school hours and to deal with school age children that are not
otherwise in school is manifest. A daytime curfew helps to
accomplish both of these goals and is necessary to protect the
public health, safety and welfare. An emergency is therefore
declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after January 17, 1995.
PASSED: January 3, 1995
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