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Council amends, refers parent/guardian-responsibility ordinance to third reading
Summary
Council debated wording changes to an ordinance creating Lorain Codified Ordinances section 509.19 (parent/guardian responsibility for minors); members adopted an amendment clarifying references to "public place" vs. "public property" and unanimously voted to send the ordinance to a third reading as amended.
Council considered an ordinance (item 12b) that would add section 509.19 to the Lorain Codified Ordinances to establish parent or guardian responsibility for minors. During debate members scrutinized phrasing in section lines that alternately read "public place" and "public property;" the council moved an amendment to harmonize the language.
Mister DeMak said the ordinance "reads public place" in one line and "it needs to read public property" in another, prompting an amendment to correct the inconsistent terms. After discussion the council voted that the amendment "carries unanimously." The chair then moved the ordinance, as amended, to a third reading for further consideration.
What happens next: the ordinance will return to council on a future agenda for third reading and possible final adoption. Council recorded the amendment and the referral; no final passage occurred at this meeting.
