(a) As used in this section, "child" means any person who is under the age of eighteen years.
(b) No parent, guardian or other person over the age of eighteen years, having the care, custody and control of a child, shall knowingly permit the child to loiter or play on the public streets or sidewalks, in public buildings or in vacant lots, or to cruise about without a set destination in any place in the City, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day, Sunday through Thursday, and between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m., Friday through Saturday.
(c) This section does not apply to a child accompanied by his or her parent, guardian, adult spouse or other person over the age of eighteen years having the care, custody and control of the child, nor where the child is on legitimate business directed by his or her parent or guardian, nor when the parent, guardian or other adult person has made a missing person notification concerning the child to the Police Division.
(d) This section does not apply where the child is attending or is on the way home from a special function or entertainment of any church, church group or school, provided that the sponsoring organization has registered in advance with the Chief of Police as provided in Section 509.10(c).
(e) A parent, guardian or other person over eighteen, having the care, custody and control of a child, who violates this section, is guilty of allowing a child to loiter, a minor misdemeanor. (Ord. 3143. Passed 12-18-73; Ord. 4141. Passed 10-20-81.)