(A) No minor of the age and during the hours specified in division (B) of this section shall loaf, wander, stroll or play in, upon or about any public street, highway, alley, park or other public way or place or ride aimlessly on or about any public street, highway, park or alley in the city in any vehicle.
(B) No minor of the age and during the hours hereinafter specified shall be in, upon or about any public street, highway, park, alley or other public place unless the minor is:
(1) Accompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian;
(2) On an errand at the direction of the minor's parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;
(3) In a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
(4) Engaged in an employment activity, or going to or returning home from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;
(5) Involved in an emergency;
(6) On the sidewalk abutting the minor's residence or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if the neighbor did not complain to the police department about the minor’s presence;
(7) Attending an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the city, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor, or going to or returning home from, without any detour or stop, an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the city, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor;
(8) Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or
(9) Married or had been married or had disabilities of minority removed in accordance with state law.
Age | Hours |
Through 12 | Darkness to 6:30 a.m. |
13 through 15 | 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. |
16 through 17 | 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday; midnight to 6:00 a.m., Friday and Saturday |
(C) No parent, guardian or person having legal care or custody of any minor shall permit or encourage such minor to be in or upon any public street, highway, alley, park or other public way or place in the city in violation of this section.
(D) Whenever any police officer charged with the duty of enforcing the laws of the state and the city discovers or has called to his attention any minor in, about or upon any public street, highway, alley, park or other public way or place, or in any vehicle in, upon or about, or riding aimlessly about, any public street, highway, alley, park or other public way or place during the hours when such presence of a minor is prohibited by this section, the police officer shall make an immediate investigation thereof. If he finds the presence of such minor at the place and under the conditions and at the time such minor is so found is prohibited by this section, the officer shall cause such minor to be taken to his or her place of residence and a citation shall thereupon be served upon such minor and his or her parent, guardian or other person having legal custody and care of such minor for violations of this section. If he finds that the parent, guardian or other person having legal care and custody of such minor has violated this section, he shall serve upon him or her a citation therefor, which citation shall command both the parent, guardian or custodian and the minor to appear in the Mayor’s Court.