Supplemental Mayor's Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency Order No. 1 - 03/31/2020

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FY hib j4 A ARTICLE III. CURFEW REGULATIONS FOR CHILDREN Sec. 21-51. Short title. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Curfew Ordinance.' (Ordinance 2016-009, sec. 2, adopted 3/14/16) Sec. 21-52. Purpose and findings. (a) Purpose. The purpose of this article is to protect the welfare of children by: (1) Reducing the likelihood that children will be the victims of criminal acts during curfew hours; (2) Reducing the likelihood that children will become involved in criminal acts during curfew hours; and (3) Aiding parents, guardians, custodians, or other responsible persons, in carrying out their responsibility to exercise supervision of the children entrusted to their care. (b) Findings. In determining that a need exists for this article, the city council finds and determines as follows: (1) The city is a stable family community where parental responsibility for the whereabouts of children is the norm. (2) During nocturnal hours children are at greater risk for victimization or becoming involved in delinquent or criminal behavior. (3) As parental control increases, the likelihood of children being victimized or becoming involved in delinquent or criminal behavior decreases. (4) The victimization of children and involvement of children in crime and violent crime have reached an unacceptable and alarming level compelling the city council to adopt this article for the public good, safety, and welfare. (Ordinance 2016-009, sec. 2, adopted 3/14/16) Sec. 21-53. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the following meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the masculine include the feminine, words in the plural number include the singular, and words in the singular number include the plural. The word 'shall' is always mandatory and not merely directory. City means the City of Paris. Child means a person who is under seventeen (17) years of age. Criminal ngg1ig,ence. A person acts with criminal negligence, or is criminally negligent, with respect to circumstances surrounding his conduct or the result of his conduct when he ought to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur. The risk must be of such nature and degree that the failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the actor's standpoint. Custodian means the adult with whom the child resides. Emergency means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to, a fire, a natural disaster, an automobile accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life. Establishment means any privately owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including, but not limited to, any place of amusement or entertainment. Guardian means the person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of the child or the public or private agency with whom the child has been placed by a court. Intentionall�r. A person acts intentionally, or with intent, with respect to the nature of his conduct or to a result of his conduct when it is his conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result. Knowingly. A person acts knowingly, or with knowledge, with respect to the nature of his conduct or to circumstances surrounding his conduct when he is aware of the nature of his conduct or that the circumstances exist. A person acts knowingly, or with knowledge, with respect to a result of his conduct when he is aware that his conduct is reasonably certain to cause the result.