Growing up in Westminster in the 1950s, I only recall the curfew from the fact that at 10 PM, the bell in the clock tower on top of the old firehall would ring.
Of course, I had my own curfew – my Mom’s – and to be certain that is all that was needed in my family.
Westminster’s curfew law, which if I am not mistaken was enacted around 1947(?,) has long since been an anachronism, quite unconstitutional and ultimately totally unenforceable.
So much so that I sure dislike the city going to the expense of taking it off the books. It has not been used in decades… Whatever.
City officials hope to eliminate curfew by Bryan Schutt for the Carroll County Times
By Bryan Schutt, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Westminster has a curfew, but maybe not for long.
Although not enforced recently, a juvenile curfew of 10 p.m. to 30 minutes before sunrise has been in place for decades. It hasn’t been enforced because it was deemed unconstitutional.
After public criticism during the previous two Westminster Common Council meetings about not enforcing the curfew, the city may invalidate the law for good.
Following a discussion initiated by Mayor Thomas Ferguson, the Common Council instructed the city attorney to draft a document detailing what would be required to repeal the curfew laws.
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Read Mr. Schutt’s entire article here: City officials hope to eliminate curfew
20080826 City officials hope to eliminate curfew by Bryan Schutt
