(a) No child under the age of sixteen years shall congregate, loaf, loiter or be upon any of the public streets, alleys or highways of the municipality after the hour of 10:00 p.m. on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, or after 11:00 p.m. on Fridays or Saturdays of any weekend, to 6:00 a.m. of the following day. No child who has attained his or her sixteenth birthday but has not passed his or her eighteenth birthday shall be upon any of the public streets, alleys or highways of the municipality after the hour of 11:00 p.m. on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays or after 12:00 p.m. on Fridays or Saturdays to 6:00 a.m. of the following day. The provisions of this section shall not apply when the child is accompanied by his or her parents or parent, guardian or person in loco parentis or some other person over 21 years of age who has been given permission by the parent or parents, guardian or person in loco parentis to accompany the child, nor shall they apply under the conditions stipulated in divisions (b) and (c) hereof. This section does not apply to a minor who is:
(1) Accompanied by a parent, guardian, or custodian;
(2) Accompanied by an adult specified by a parent, guardian, or custodian;
(3) Carrying out an errand or other lawful activity as directed by a parent, guardian, or custodian; or
(4) Occupying the sidewalk of the place where the minor resides, or the sidewalk of a place where the minor has permission from his or her parent or guardian to be, or the sidewalk of a next-door neighbor not communicating an objection to a police officer.
(5) Participating in, going to, or returning from:
(a) Lawful employment; or
(b) A lawful athletic, educational, entertainment, religious, or social event.
(c) Interstate travel.
(b) Any school, church, lodge or other organization which desires to keep or hold any entertainment for children under the age of 18 years, which entertainment shall require children to be out at a later hour than that called for in division (a) hereof shall make application to the Chief of Police for permission to have such children stay out to this later hour. Such application shall state the time the entertainment will end and the children who attend such function shall be required to be off the public streets, alleys or highways one-half hour after such function is ended.
(c) Any child who has passed the age of 16 years and who has a working certificate and whose work may require him or her to be out at hours later than those specified in this section may make application to the Chief of Police for written permission to do so. The Chief of Police may grant permission, but such child shall not be out later than one-half hour beyond the time that the work of such child terminates.
(d) (1) Any child found in violation of this section shall be taken to the Municipal Building, and the parents, guardians or persons in loco parentis shall be notified to come to the Municipal Building and take personal charge of such child. Such child shall be released only to such parents, guardians or persons in loco parentis or to the county juvenile authorities.
(2) Any child found in violation of this section who has been once before held by the authorities for violation of this section shall be held for the juvenile authorities for proper disposition.
(3) Any parent who knowingly permits such child to violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon the first offense, be warned; upon the second or subsequent offense is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02.
(1974 Code, § 509.09)