(a) Definitions:
(1) "Adult person" means a person, at least 18 years of age, who is authorized by a parent or guardian of the minor to have the care and custody of such minor.
(2) "Emergency" means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to, a fire, natural disaster, an automobile accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.
(3) "Employment activity" means any bona fide or legal service performed for wages or salary under contract, either written, expressed or implied.
(4) "Establishments" means any privately owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including but not limited to any place of amusement or entertainment.
(5) "Guardian" means a person who, under court order, is the guardian of a minor or a public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court.
(6) "Lawful activity" includes, but is not limited to:
A. Involvement in employment activity, or proceeding to or from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;
B. Attending an activity organized and supervised by adults, sponsored by a municipality or township, school district, civic organization or other similar organization that takes responsibility for the minor, or attending an official school or religious activity;
C. Proceeding to or coming from, without any detour or stop, lawful activities;
D. Proceeding to or coming from any place, without any detour or stop, if the minor's parent, guardian or adult person having the care and custody of such minor authorized or directed such action.
(7) "Minor" means any person under 18 years of age who is not married or otherwise emancipated.
(8) "Parent" means a person who is a natural parent, adoptive parent, or step parent of a minor.
(9) "Public place" means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops, shopping centers, malls, and restaurants including the parking lots thereto.
(10) "Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
(b) No minor shall be upon or in public streets, parks, buildings or establishments, or upon or in public places, open lands, or vacant lots, within the City of Blue Ash, between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the same day, except as provided hereinafter in subsection (c) hereof.
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) shall not apply to minors who are accompanied by a parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor, or when the minor is on an emergency errand or engaged in lawful activity.
(d) No parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor shall knowingly permit such minor to be upon or in the public streets, parks, buildings, or establishments, or upon or in public places, open lands, or vacant lots, within the City of Blue Ash, between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the same day; provided, however, this section shall not apply to exceptions set forth in subsection (c) hereof.
(e) Violations of this section shall be punished as minor misdemeanors.
(Ord. 99-52. Passed 6-10-99.)