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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH, CALIFORNIA; AMENDING ORDINANCE
NO. 480, ENTITLED, "AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF-
ORNIA, REGULATING THE PRESENCE OF
MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF 16 YEARS IN
PUBLIC STREETS AND OTHER PLACES BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF 10 P. M. AND 5 A. M. ,
DEFINING DUTIES OF PARENTS OR OTHERS
C, IN CARE OF MINORS, PROVIDING FOR ARREST
AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. "
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach,
California, under date of May 1, 1944, enacted an
Ordinance No. 480, entitled "An Ordinance of the
City of Huntington Beach, California, Regulating
the Presence of Minors Under the Age of 16 Years
in Public Streets and Other Places Between the
Hours of 10 P. M. and 5 A. IT. , Defining Duties of
Parents or Others in Care of Minors , Providing for
Arrest and Penalties for Violations Thereof" in
which it was declared to be unlawful for minors
under the age of 16 years to loiter, idle , wander,
stroll or play in or upon the public streets-, high-
C ways, roads, alleys, parks, public buildings, places
of amusement and entertainment or vacant lots , between
the hours of 10 P. Mi. and 5 A. 1,,[. of the folloi�iing
day, and
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- WHEREAS, other Cities located within the
Counter of Orange , and the County of Orange have
adopted ordinances in which said age was set at
18 years instead of 16 years, and
WHEREAS, minors between the ages of 16 and
18 years of age are now committing the various acts
C within the City of Huntington Beach which said
Ordinance prohibits to such an extent that they
interfer with the public peace, health and safety
of the community.
NOW THEREFORE, in and by the above preamble
Fand statement the Council declares and defines that
an emergency exists necessitating the following
C ordinance for the immediate preservation of the
public peace , property, convenience, health and
safety of the City of Huntington Beach.
WHEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, does ordain as follows:
Section 1: That the title of Ordinance no. 480
C entitled "An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach,
California, Regulating the Presence of Minors Under
the Age of 16 Years in Public Streets and Other
Places Between the Hours of 10 P. M. and 5 A. M. ,
Defining Duties of Parents or Others in Care of
Minors, Providing f or VArrest and Penalties for
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Violations Thereof' be and the same is hereby amended
so as to read as follows: "An Ordinance of the City
of Huntington Beach, California, Regulating the
Presence of Minors Under the Age of 18 Years in
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Public Streets and Other Places Between the Hours
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of 10 P. N. and 5 A. MI. , Defining Duties of Parents
O or others in Care of Minors, Providing; for Arrest
and Penalties for Violations Thereof. "
Section 2: That Section 1 of Ordinance
No. 480 be and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
LOITERING OF MINORS PROHIBITED. It shall
be unlawful for any minor un3 er the age of 18 years
to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon
the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks,
public buildings, places of amusement and enter—
tainment or vacant lots, between the hours of
10 P. K. and 5 A. 1.11. of the following day, official
city time; provided, however, that the provisions
of this Section do not apply to a minor accompanied
by his or her parent, guardian, or other adult person
having the care and custody of the minor, or where
the minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate
— business directed bye his or her parent , guardian, or
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other adult person having the care and custody of
the minor.
Section 3: That this Ordinance , being an
emergency measure for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, property, health a.nd safety,
nihich emergency is set forth and defined in the
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preamble hereto, shall take effect and be in
force from and after the passage and adoption
hereof.
Section 4: The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this Ordinance by a,
vote of four—fifths (4/5) of the members of the
City Council , and shall thereafter fo.r more public
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notice cause the same to be published by one
insertion in the Huntington Beach News, a, newspaper
of general circulation, printed, published and
circulated in the City of Huntington Beach,
California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of
C, the C' y f Huntington Beach, California, at a
meeting. th-, reof held on
the _� da,y of 1945.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
i County of Orange ) ss
City of Huntington Beach )
j I, C. R. FURR, the duly elected, qualified
and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach
and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City
of Huntington Beach, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the
C City of Huntington Beach, is five; that the foregoing
Ordinance was first read to said City Council at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 18th day of June,
1945, was again read to said City Council at a
meeting thereof held on the
day of _ , 1945, and was passed
and adopted by th6ifirrztive vote of four-fifths
C majority of all the members of said City Council as
follows:
AY Councilmen:
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NOES: Councilmen:
ABSENT: Councilme .
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City Clerk and ex-officio
Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Huntington
C Beach, California.
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