(A) No minor under the age of 16 years shall be permitted, caused or suffered to be upon the public streets or in any public place between the hours of 12:00 a.m. midnight and 6:00 a.m., unless the child is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, or some adult delegated by the parent or guardian to accompany the child, or unless the presence of the minor in that place or places is connected with and required by some legitimate work, trade, profession or occupation in which the minor is engaged, or unless the minor is upon an emergency errand or other legitimate business directed by his or her parent or legal guardian.
(B) No minor under the age of 12 years shall be upon the public streets or in any public place within the township between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., unless the minor is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian or some adult delegated by the parent or guardian to accompany the minor.
(C) The parent or legal guardian of a minor shall be held responsible for the enforcement of divisions (A) and (B) above. If any minor violates any provision of divisions (A) and (B) of this section, his or her parents or legal guardian(s) shall be deemed to be in violation of this section and guilty of a misdemeanor. A presumption shall arise that the parent or legal guardian having the care and custody of the minor assisted, aided, abetted and encouraged the minor in so violating same.
(D) Any parent or guardian of a minor child who is notified that his or her minor child has been taken into custody for a violation of a township ordinance and who thereafter refuses to collect the minor child from the authorities or make provision therefor within a reasonable time after notification shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Thirty minutes shall be deemed a reasonable time in the absence of extraordinary circumstances precluding such action by the parent or guardian. Authorities shall transport a juvenile to his or her home in those instances where the parent or guardian is unable to do so, or to make provision therefor.
(E) Any person assisting, aiding, abetting or encouraging any minor under the age of 16 years to violate the provision of divisions (A) and (B) above shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 374, passed 1-8-1998) Penalty, see § 130.99