(a) No person under the age of eighteen years shall congregate, loaf, loiter or be upon any of the public streets of the Municipality between the hours of ten p.m. and five a.m. on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and after eleven-thirty p.m. and before five a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, except when accompanied by his parent, guardian or person in loco parentis, or some other person over twenty-one years of age who has been given permission by parent, guardian or person in loco parentis to accompany such child. This section shall not apply to an emancipated child. (Ord. 24-68. Passed 11-12-68.)
(b) Any school, church, lodge or other organization which desires to hold any entertainment for children under the age of eighteen years, and which entertainment requires such children to be out at a later hour than that called for in this section shall make application either to the Mayor, Service Director or Chief of Police for permission to have the children stay out to this later hour. The application shall state the time the entertainment will end, and children who attend this function shall be required to be off the public streets one-half hour after the function is ended. (Ord. 25-68. Passed 11-2-68.)
(c) Any child found in violation of this section shall be taken to the City Hall and the parent, guardian or person in loco parentis shall be notified to come to the City Hall and take personal charge of the child, and the child shall be released only to such parent, guardian or person in loco parentis, or to the juvenile authorities. Any child found in violation of this section who has once before been held by the authorities for violation of this section shall be held for the juvenile authorities for proper disposition.
(Ord. 1-55. Passed 3-18-55.)
(d) Any parent, guardian or person in loco parentis who permits any child to violate this section shall upon the first offense be warned; upon the second or subsequent offense the parent, guardian or person in loco parentis shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.