(A) It shall be unlawful for any child between six (6) and eighteen (18) years of age to be or remain in or upon any public assembly, building, place, commercial establishment, place of amusement and/or entertainment, street or highway within the city during the hours when the child is required to be in attendance at either public or private school, unless the child is accompanied by a parent, guardian or other adult person having written documentation of having care and custody of the child or is upon an emergency errand or other legitimate business directed by a parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the child.
(B) Any police officer may take any child found violating this section into custody and may charge the child with a violation hereof, or, in the alternative, may immediately take the child to his or her school and request that the school notify its attendance officer of the violation, or the officer may release the child to his or her parent, guardian, custodian or school attendance officer.
(Ord. 2015-10, passed 9-15-15)