(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADULT. Any person 18 years of age or older.
AUTOMOBILE. Any motor driven automobile, car, truck, tractor, motorcycle, motor driven cycle, motorized bicycle or vehicle driven by mechanical power.
CUSTODY. The control of the actual, physical care of the juvenile, and includes the right and responsibility to provide for the physical, mental, moral and emotional well being of the juvenile. CUSTODY, as herein defined, relates to those rights and responsibilities as exercised either by the juvenile’s parent or parents or a person granted custody by a court of competent jurisdiction.
DRIVER’S LICENSE. A license issued by the State Department of Safety to an individual, which authorizes the individual to operate a motor vehicle on the highways.
JUVENILE. A person less than 18 years of age. No exception shall be made for a JUVENILE who has been emancipated by marriage or otherwise.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any adult to deliver the possession of or the control of any automobile or other motor vehicle to any person, whether an adult or a juvenile, who does not have in his or her possession a valid driver’s license issued by the Department of Safety of the state, or for any adult to permit any person, whether an adult or a juvenile, to drive any motor vehicle upon the streets, highways, roads, avenues, parkways, alleys or public thoroughfares in the city unless such person has a valid driver’s license as issued by the Department of Safety of the state.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any parent or person having custody of a juvenile to permit any such juvenile to drive a motor vehicle upon the streets, highways, roads, parkways, avenues or public ways in the city in a reckless, careless or unlawful manner, or in such a manner as to violate the ordinances of the city.
(1994 Code, § 15-124) (Ord. 674, passed 6-26-2007) Penalty, see § 71.99