HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-12 Creating a Juvenile Curfew and Special Event District Two Nights Per Year• • •
ORDINANCE NO. 12
SERIES OF 2801
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A JUVENILE CURFEW AND SPECIAL EVENT
DISTRICT TWO NIGHTS PER YEAR
WHEREAS, unsupervised juveniles are a consistent and growing problem
on the Fourth of July and New Year's Eve each year; and
WHEREAS, there are presently no Town of Vail regulations limiting the
hours such juveniles may remain unsupervised in public; and
WHEREAS, the Vaii Town Council desires to adopt regulations in the
interest of maintaining the public peace and order during these two holiday
celebrations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL THE
TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO that:
Section 1. TITLE 6, POLICE REGULATIONS, is hereby amended to include
CHAPTER 5, SPECIAL EVENT DESIGNATIONS, as follows:
6-5-1: Intent
6-5-2: Juvenile Curfew
6-5-3: Special Event District Created
6-5-7 INTENT:
It is the intent of the Vail Town Council in adopting these holiday-specific
regulations, to establish strict control of access to certain parts of the Town by
underage youth and to curtail the growing number of unsupervised juveniles who
descend on Vaii Village at these times. In the interest of public safety, the goals
of the Council are to:
A. Protect citizens from the physical injury and harm due to
excessively large crowds
B. Reduce juvenile violence and crime within the town during these
events
C. Protect juveniles from being swept up in unlawful activities and from
falling prey to older perpetrators of crime
D. Strengthen parental responsibility for children
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6~5W2 JUVENILE CURFEW:
A. It is unlawful far any person under eighteen years of age to be or
remain upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, parking lot or any public place or
right afi way between ten-thirty o'clock (10:30} P.M. on July 4 and five o'clock
{5:00) A.M. on Juiy 5, and between ten-thirty o'clock (10:30) P.M. on December
31 and five o'clock {5:00) A,M. on January 1 of every year, except as provided in
subsection ` B' of this section.
B. In the fallowing exceptional cases, a person under eighteen years
of age may be or remain in a public place beyond the hours set forth in
subsection `A' of this section:
1. When accompanied by a parent or legal guardian;
2. When conducting a legitimate errand for a parent or
guardian, and with written authoriza#ion from that parent or
guardian;
3. When commuting between the person's place of
employment and legal residence.
4. When returning to the person's temporary or permanent
residence from events such as movies, theater, or sporting
events.
5. When involved in an emergency, referring to unforeseen
circumstances, or the status or condition resulting therefrom,
requiring immediate action to safeguard life, limb or property.
6. When exercising First Amendment rights under the United
S#ates Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion,
speech and assembly.
C. A police officer who has probable cause to believe that a person is
in violation of this section may take him or her into custody and either
immediately contact the person's parent or guardian, or turn the person over to
the custody of the designated juvenile authorities until a parent or guardian can
take custody of the juvenile.
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6-5-3 SPECIAL EVENT DISTRICT CREATED:
A. Due to the large crowds, potential for injury and in the interest of public
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safety, a special event district is created from ten-thirty (10:30) P.M. on
July 4 to five o'clock (5:00) A.M. on July 5, and from ten-thirty o'clock
(10:30) P.M. on December 31 to five o'clock {5:00) A.M. on January 1 of
every year. This special event district is bounded by:
1. Slifer Plaza to the north
2. The south edge of Seibert Circle to the sou#h
3. Milf Creek to the eas#
4. The eastern curb line of Willow Bridge Road from Gore Creek Drive
through the International Bridge
5. The district is inclusive of Wall Street from Gore Creek Drive
through One Vail Place and the Gore Creek Promenade from
Willow Bridge Road through the Children's Fountain
B. Violation of Specia! Event District Boundaries: It is unlawful for any
person under twenty-one years of age to be or remain upon any public street,
alley, walk, parking lot or any other public property or place or in or upon those
portions of any private property upon which the public has an expressed or
implied license to enter or remain, within the boundaries established in
subsection "A" of this section.
C. Exceptions: Notwithstanding the foregoing, persons under twenty-one
years of age may enter the designated special event area for the following
purposes:
1. Accessing their temporary or permanent residence
2. When accompanied by their parent or legal guardian
Section 2. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is far any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the Town Council hereby
declares it would have passed this ordinance, and each part, section, subsection,
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sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more
parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
Section 3. The repeal or the repeal and reenactment of any provision of the
Municipal Code of the town of Vail as provided in this ordinance shalk not affect
any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any violation that occurred prior
to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced, nor any other action or
proceedings as commenced under or by virtue of the provision repealed or
repealed and reenacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not revive any
provision or any ordinance previously repealed nr superseded unless expressly
stated herein.
Section 4. Ali bykaws, orders, resole#ions, and ordinances, or parts
thereof, inconsistent herewith are repealed to the extent only of such
inconsistency. This repealer shall not be construed to revise any bylaw, order,
resolution, or ordinance, or part thereof, theretofore repealed.
INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ONCE IN
FULL ON FIRST READING this 5th day of June, 2001, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building, Vaik, Colorado.
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READ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED
this 19th day of June, 2001
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