CHAPTER 4
MINORS

SECTION:

6-4-1: Loitering Of Minors Between Fourteen And Eighteen Years Of Age Prohibited

6-4-2: Loitering Of Minors Under The Age Of Fourteen Years Prohibited

6-4-3: Responsibility Of Parents, Guardians, Or Other Adult Persons Who Have The Care And Custody Of A Minor

6-4-4: Exceptions

6-4-5: Violations And Penalties

6-4-1: LOITERING OF MINORS BETWEEN FOURTEEN AND EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE PROHIBITED:

It shall be unlawful for any minor who is fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen years of age to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or be present in or upon the public streets, avenues, alleys, highways, roads, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, cafes, theaters and other places of amusement and entertainment, and vacant lots or other unsupervised places during the following times:

   A.   Between the hours of 12:30 o’clock A.M. and 6:00 o’clock A.M. of every day during the year. (Ord. 16-2, 7-5-2016; amd. Ord 16-2, 8-15-2022)

6-4-2: LOITERING OF MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS PROHIBITED:

It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of fourteen years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or be present in or upon the public streets, avenues, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, cafes, theatres and other places of amusement and entertainment, and vacant lots or other unsupervised places, between the hours of 10:30 O’clock P.M. and 6:00 o’clock A.M. on each and every day of the week. (Ord. 16-2, 7-5-2016; amd. Ord 16-2, 8-15-2022)

6-4-3: RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS, GUARDIANS, OR OTHER ADULT PERSONS WHO HAVE THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF A MINOR:

It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor to allow or permit a minor to violate the provisions of Section I and II hereinabove.

In any prosecution under this Section III it shall not constitute a defense thereto that the parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor did not have knowledge that such minor was in violation of the provisions of this ordinance. It is the intent of the City Council that minors should be in their homes during the proscribed hours hereinabove listed and that it is the duty of the parent, parents, guardians, foster parents and other adults having the care and custody of minors to insure that the minor is home unless the minor can establish to the satisfaction of a law enforcement officer that the minor has on his or her person a written permission which meets the requirements of this Ordinance. This part of the ordinance shall be enforced with strict liability and does not require knowledge, purpose or negligent proof for a conviction. (Ord. 16-2, 7-5-2016; amd. Ord 16-2, 8-15-2022)