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/ CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES <br /> E N <br /> ORDINANC O. 1 65 <br /> AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE PRESENCE AND CONDUCT OF MINORS ON THE <br /> ,..STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES ; DEFINING DUTIES OF PARENTS OR OTHERS <br /> IN CARE OF MINORS ; PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES AND PENALTIES FOR <br /> VIOLATIONS THEREOF: AND REPEALING INCONSISTANT ORDINANCES . <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that there has been <br /> an increase in juvenile violence and crime by persons under the age of <br /> 17 in the City of Pequot Lakes ; and <br /> WHEREAS, persons under the age of 17 are particularly <br /> susceptible by their lack of maturity and experience to participate in <br /> unlawful activities and to be victims of older perpetrators of crime ; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Pequot Lakes has an obligation to <br /> provide for the protection of minors from each other and from other <br /> persons , for the enforcement of parental control over and <br /> responsibility for children , for the protection of the general public , <br /> and for the reduction of the incidence of juvenile criminal activities ; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, a curfew for those under the age of 17 will be in <br /> the interest of the public health, safety, and general welfare and will <br /> help to attain the foregoing objectives and to diminish the undesirable <br /> impact of such conduct on the citizens of the City of Pequot Lakes ; <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br /> OF PEQUOT LAKES: <br /> SECTION 1 . Definitions . <br /> A. CURFEW HOURS MEANS : <br /> 1 . 11 : 00 p.m. on any Sunday, , Monday, Tuesday, <br /> Wednesday, or Thursday until 6 : 00 a.m. of the <br /> following day ; and <br /> 2 . 12 : 01 a.m. until 6 : 00 a .m. on any Saturday or <br /> Sunday . <br /> B. EMERGENCY means an unforeseen combination of <br /> circumstances or the resulting state that calls for <br /> immediate action . The term includes , but is not <br /> limited to , a fire , a natural disaster , an <br /> automobile accident , or any situation requiring <br /> immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or <br /> loss of life . <br /> C. ESTABLISHMENT means any privately owned place of <br /> business operated for a profit to which the public <br /> is invited , including but not limited to any place <br /> of amusement or entertainment . <br /> D. GUARDIAN means : <br /> 1 . a person who , under court order , is the <br /> guardian of the person of a minor ; or <br /> 2 . a public or private agency with whom a minor <br /> has been place by a court . <br /> E. MINOR means any person under 17 years of age . <br /> (`iirfaty (lrrlinanr 1AS PPat, 1 <br />