(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MINOR. Person under the age of 18 years.
PARENT. Any natural parent of a minor, as herein defined, or a guardian, or any adult person responsible for the care and custody of a minor. When used in this chapter, PARENT shall mean one or both parents.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any public street, alley, sidewalk, park, playground, public building or vacant lot in the Borough of Cressona.
REMAIN. To stay behind, to tarry and to stay unnecessarily upon the streets, including the congregating of groups (or of interacting minors) totaling four or more persons in which any minor involved would not be using the streets for emergencies or ordinary purposes such as mere passage of going home.
(B) In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular; and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
(Prior Code, Ch. 6, § 301) (Ord. 143, passed 5-8-1967; Ord. 323, passed 7-6-1998)