(a) Nighttime Curfew.
(1) No person having the control and custody of or being the parent or guardian of a minor shall knowingly permit such minor to, nor shall such minor be, outside the confines of his home site or congregate, wander, travel through in an automobile, sit in an automobile, loiter or play upon the streets, county roads or other places of the City or County, unsupervised or unenclosed lands, or other places of amusement or entertainment, for the times hereinafter prohibited for the respective ages supervised:
A. Minors under thirteen years of age, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day during the months of May to September inclusive, and between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day during the months of October to April, inclusive.
B. Minors thirteen, fourteen or fifteen years of age, between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day on Sunday through Thursday, inclusive, and between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day on Friday and Saturday.
C. Minors sixteen or seventeen years of age, between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day on Sunday through Thursday, inclusive, and between the hours of 12:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day on Friday and Saturday.
The hours referred to herein mean the official City time which is applicable throughout the County, whether it be Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
(2) This section shall not apply to minors on an emergency errand or on legitimate business as directed by the parent, guardian or custodian nor to minors accompanied by the parent, guardian or custodian, or some other person over twenty-one years of age who has been given responsibility for such minor’
(3) Any school, church, lodge or other organization sponsoring functions wherein minors in attendance will be out at a later hour than provided for in this section shall obtain the approval of the Chief of Police or any other police officer having jurisdiction over that particular area to have the minors remain to the time when the entertainment will end. All minors attending such function shall be required to be within the confines of their respective homesites one-half hour after such function is ended.
(4) Any person under the age of eighteen years who violates the provision of the above curfew, shall be apprehended and charged as being an unruly child and taken before the Juvenile Court of Ashtabula County as provided in Chapter 2151 of the Revised Code.
(Ord. 66-81. Passed 5-11-81.)
(b) Children of Compulsory School Age to be in Attendance at School; Parental Duty Imposed.
(1) No child between the ages of six and seventeen, inclusive, and including a child that has been expelled from school, other than a child who is registered with the Conneaut Area City Schools as a homeschooled/hometutored student, shall be at any place within the corporate limits of the City, except in attendance at school between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. during any school day or at said child’s place of residence or abode, unless the child has written proof from school authorities or his/her parent or guardian excusing him or her from attending school at that particular time, for non-disciplinary reasons, or unless the child is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, or a responsible adult selected by the parent or legal guardian to supervise the child.
(2) Each parent or legal guardian of a child between the ages of six and seventeen, inclusive, shall have a duty to prohibit the child from behaving contrary to subsection (b)(1) hereof. No person shall negligently fail to fulfill the duty imposed by this section.
(3) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection (b)(2) hereof that the child, at the time he or she was found at a place other than in school, was not required by law to be in attendance at school for non-disciplinary reasons.
(4) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection (b)(2) hereof that the parent or legal guardian initiated the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court against the child prior to the time that the child was found violating subsection (b)(1) hereof.
(5) A police officer or school attendance officer may transport any child found violating subsection (b)(1) hereof to the child’s residence and may release the child into the care of a parent or legal guardian, to the school the child usually attends, or to any location designated by the school authorities as a receiving center for such children, the choice of destination to be made at the discretion of the police officer or school attendance officer based on proximity of the destination and other relevant factors, and subject to the need to respond to emergency or priority calls.
(6) Any child who violates subsection (b)(1) hereof is an unruly child and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court.
(7) Any person who violates subsection (b)(2) hereof shall be charged with failure to send a child to school in violation of Ohio R.C. 3321.38 et al.
(Ord. 97-94. Passed 7-25-94; Ord. 115-94. Passed 8-8-94.)