This division is and shall be deemed an exercise of the police
power vested by law in the city, for the public safety, comfort, convenience
and protection of the city and citizens of the city, and all of the
provisions hereof shall be construed for the accomplishment of that
purpose.
(1986 Code, ch. 7, sec. 6:A)
Curfew.
A regulation enjoining the presence of one or more persons
from a stated public place of assembly at stated hours, and defining
the time period during which it is in effect.
(1986 Code, ch. 7, sec. 6:B)
Any person convicted of a violation of any provisions of this division shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined as provided in section
1.01.009 for each separate violation.
(1986 Code, ch. 7, sec. 6:E)
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to enter upon
the premises of or to be within the boundaries of the city park known
as O. J. Thomas Park (the same being situated between West 7th and
West 8th Streets and fronting on M. L. King, Jr. Avenue in the city)
between the hours of 8:00 p.m. CST and 8:00 a.m. CST, on any day of
the week and for any purpose whatsoever.
(1986 Code, ch. 7, sec. 6:C)
(a) The
act of any person being upon the premises or within the boundaries
of O. J. Thomas Park during the curfew period is hereby declared to
be a public nuisance, and, as such nuisance, punishable as a misdemeanor
offense.
(b) The
chief of police of the city, and all police officers of the city,
when on duty, are instructed and directed to suppress and abate any
such nuisance by taking into custody any person or persons found by
them to be on the premises or within the boundaries of said park during
the hours of such curfew.
(1986 Code, ch. 7, sec. 6:D)