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(a) Definitions. Whenever used in this section:
(1) "Curfew hours" means:
(A) For minors 12 years of age or older, 10:00 p.m. on any day until 6:00 a.m. of the following day; and
(B) For minors younger than 12 years of age, 8:30 P.M. on any Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday until 6:00 A.M. of the following day; and
(C) For minors younger than 12 years of age, 9:00 P.M. on any Friday or Saturday and until 6:00 A.M. of the following day.
(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, a natural disaster, an automobile crash, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.
(3) "Establishment" 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.
(4) "Guardian" means:
(A) A person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor; or
(B) A public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court.
(5) "Minor" means any person under 18 years of age.
(6) "Operator" means any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating, managing, or conducting any establishment. The term includes the members or partners of an association or partnership and the officers of a corporation.
(7) "Parent" means a person who is:
(A) A natural parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent of another person; or
(B) At least 18 years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have the care and custody of a minor.
(8) "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.
(9) "Remain" means to:
(A) Linger or stay; or
(B) Fail to leave premises when requested to do so by a police officer or the owner, operator or other person in control of the premises.
(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.
(11) "Ticketed or sponsored event" means a civic, charitable, community-sponsored, neighborhood-sponsored, entertainment, sporting, or other event: (i) organized, promoted, and carried out in full compliance with the City's ordinances, rules, and permit requirements by a not-for-profit entity in good standing with the City, and (ii) that requires a ticket or wristband for admission.
(b) Offenses.
(1) A minor commits an offense if he remains in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the city during curfew hours.
(2) A parent or guardian of a minor commits an offense if he by insufficient control allows the minor to remain in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the city during curfew hours.
(3) The owner, operator or any employee of an establishment commits an offense if he knowingly allows a minor to remain upon the premises of the establishment during curfew hours.
(c) Defenses.
(1) It is a defense to prosecution under subsection (b) that the minor was:
(A) Accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian;
(B) On an errand at the direction of the minor's parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;
(C) In a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
(D) Engaged in an employment activity, or going to or returning home from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;
(E) Involved in an emergency;
(F) 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;
(G) 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;
(H) 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;
(I) Married or had been married or is an emancipated minor under the Emancipation of Mature Minors Act, as amended; or
(J) Participating in, or returning home immediately after, a ticketed or sponsored event and has documentary evidence of their attendance at such event, including, but not limited to, a ticket stub or wristband with the event name preprinted on it.
(2) It is a defense to prosecution under subsection (b)(3) that the owner, operator, or employee of an establishment promptly notified the police department that a minor was present on the premises of the establishment during curfew hours and refused to leave.
(d) Enforcement. Before taking any enforcement action under this section, a police officer shall ask the apparent violator's age and reason for being in the public place. The officer shall not issue a citation or make an arrest under this section unless the officer reasonably believes that an offense has occurred and that, based on any response and other circumstances, no defense in subsection (c) is present.
(e) Penalties. A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a separate offense for each day or part of a day during which the violation is committed, continued, or permitted. Each offense, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00 or an order to perform community service pursuant to Section 1-4-120 of this Code, or both. Any person who violates any provision of this section three times in any twelve-month period shall be subject to up to three times the maximum monetary fine set forth in this subsection for any subsequent violation of this section within the twelve-month period, or as an alternative or in addition to such fine a requirement to perform community service.
For purposes of this subsection only, community service may include attending supportive social services.
(f) When issuing a citation for a violation of this section, the officer shall also provide, in writing, the person being cited with information, prepared in consultation with the Department of Family and Support Services, regarding supportive social services.
(Prior code § 190-2; Amend Coun. J. 6-17-92, p. 18292; Amend Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23800; Amend Coun. J. 4-29-98, p. 66564; Amend Coun. J. 3-10-04, p. 19860, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-6-08, p. 20739, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-28-11, p. 5110, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-5-11, p. 8575; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-13, p. 51273, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-21, p. 41319, Art. IV, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-25-22, p. 48638, § 1)
Any police officer who finds a minor in violation of Section 8-16-020 is authorized to take such minor into custody until such time as the minor's parent, legal guardian, or other adult having legal care or custody of the minor is located and notified of the violation, and takes custody of the minor from the police. If no such person can be located within a reasonable period of time, the minor shall be referred to the appropriate juvenile authorities.
(Added Coun. J. 6-17-92, p. 18292)
(a) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise:
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of public health.
"Department" means the department of public health.
"Tanning equipment" means equipment that emits ultraviolet (UV) radiation and is used for tanning of the skin, such as a sunlamp, ultraviolet lamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed. "Tanning equipment" also includes equipment used in conjunction with the foregoing, such as protective eyewear, timers, and handrails. "Tanning equipment" does not include any of the following:
(1) Phototherapy devices utilized by appropriate health care professionals under the direct supervision of a physician who is trained in the use of phototherapy devices.
(2) Devices used for personal use in a private residence.
(3) Devices intended for purposes other than the irradiation of human skin.
(4) Devices used to apply chemicals to the skin to achieve a bronze color, commonly referred to as spray-on, mist-on, or sunless tans.
"Tanning facility" means any place, structure, or business that provides consumers with access to tanning equipment for a fee.
(b) Prohibited activity. A tanning facility may not permit any person less than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the person has the permission of a parent or guardian, to use tanning equipment.
(c) Enforcement. The department shall enforce this section. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this section.
(d) Fines. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4-6-060, any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined $250 for each offense. Each instance of violation of this section shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Added Coun. J. 6-6-12, p. 28652, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24253, § 2)
Editor's note – Coun. J. 7-28-11, p. 5110, § 2, repealed a former § 8-16-024, which pertained to the violation of and penalty for § 8-16-020.
Whenever there is evidence that any minor is missing, either by report given by an educational institution to the parent, guardian or other person responsible for such minor, or by report to the police department or to the mass media of communications, it shall be the responsibility of the superintendent of police to obtain a photograph of said missing minor, together with any pertinent descriptive information, and to have posted both such photograph and information upon the premises of any feasible public building owned, leased or maintained by the City of Chicago. The term "pertinent descriptive information" shall include, if known, the name, age and physical description of the missing person, as well as a telephone number of a person of immediate contact.
(Prior code § 190-2.1; Added Coun. J. 10-31-84, p. 10607)
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 18 years to climb, jump upon, cling to, or in any way attach himself to any streetcar, railroad locomotive, or car of any kind while the same is in motion, under a penalty of not less than $2.00 nor more than $10.00 for each offense.
(Prior code § 190-3)
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