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+V 22 '95 11:54AM LINO LAKES P.D. ORDINANCE 4195 .2 Adopted by County Board Action on October 10, 1 MI5 COUNTY OF ANOKA Anoka County, Mlnnasota JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE The Anoka County Board of Commissioners ordains: 1.00 PURPOSES AND FINDINGS 1.01 The Anoka County Board of Commissioners rinds and determines that there has been en increase in juvenile violence and dime by juveniles in the County of Anoka. 1,02 Juveniles are particularly susceptible by their lack of maturity and experience to participate in unlawful activities and to be victims of older perpetrators of crime. 1.03 Because of the foregoing, special and extenuating circumstances presently exist within this county that require special regulation of juveniles within the county in order to protect them and other persons during the nighttime hours, to aid in crime prevention, to promote parental supervision and authority over minors, and to decrease juvenile crime rates. 1.04 In accordance with prevailing community standards, this ordinance serves to regulate the conduct of minors in public places during nighttime hours, to be effectively and consistently enforced for the protection of juveniles from each other and from other persons, in public places during nighttime hours, for the enforcement of parental control of, authority over, and responsibility for their children, for the protection of the general public from nighttime mischief by juveniles, for the reduction in the incidents of juvenile criminal activities, for the furtherance of family responsibility and for the public good, safety and welfare. 1.05 It is the intent of the County Board to review and evaluate the need and effect of nighttime curfew for juveniles set forth in this ordnance on the incidents of juvenile criminal activity and protection of juveniles against criminal activity. 2.00 AUTHORITY 2.01 This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to the authority granted under Minn. Stat § 145A.05, subd. 7a (1994). 3.00 ()EMMONS 3,01 "Authorized adult" shall mean any person who is at lust eighteen (18) years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have custody and control of a juvenile. 3.02 "County Board" shall mean the Anoka County Board of Commissioners. 3.03 "Emerge' means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to, a lire, a natural disaster, automobile accident, or any situation requiting immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.