§ 6-2. Purpose and Findings.

A. 

The purpose of this Part is to:

(1) 

Promote the general welfare and protect the general public through the reduction of juvenile violence and crime within the Borough.

(2) 

Promote the safety and well being of the Borough's younger children, persons under the age of 17, whose inexperience and immaturity renders them particularly vulnerable to becoming participants in unlawful activities, particularly unlawful drug activities, and to being victimized by older perpetrators of crime.

(3) 

Prescribe, in accordance with prevailing community standards, regulations for the conduct of minors on streets at night, for the protection of younger children in the Borough from each other and from other persons on the streets during nighttime hours.

(4) 

Foster and enforce parental control and responsibility for their children.

(5) 

Further family responsibility.

B. 

Based upon criminal statistics and information of the Borough and various surrounding communities, the Council finds that curfew regulations for minors under the age of 17 are necessary to promote the general welfare and protect the general public through the reduction of juvenile violence and crime within the Borough; promote the safety and well being of the Borough's younger children, person under the age of 17, whose inexperience and immaturity renders them particularly vulnerable to becoming participants in unlawful activities and to being victimized by older perpetrators of crime; protect younger children in the Borough from each other and from other persons on the streets during nighttime hours, when the incidents of crime are most significant; foster and enforce parental control and responsibility for their children; and further family responsibility.

Ord. 995, 12/10/2003