(a) For purposes of this section, the term "reasonable precautions" means but is not necessarily limited to:
(1) Requiring that a parent or legal guardian give prior consent and approval to a child anytime the child leaves home unaccompanied by the parent;
(2) Enforcing all curfew laws with respect to a child;
(3) Prohibiting a minor child from being on the premises of any establishment that is prohibited by law from allowing minors admittance in such establishment; and
(4) Prohibiting any other foreseeable conduct likely to lead to a criminal act.
(b) Each parent or legal guardian of a child between the ages of six and seventeen, inclusive, shall have a duty to take reasonable precautions including but not limited to providing reasonable supervision of a child to prevent the child from engaging in a status offense, unruly criminal conduct, and/or delinquent conduct that is a misdemeanor or felony of any degree if committed by an adult, whether on school premises or otherwise. No parent or legal guardian shall negligently fail to fulfill the duty imposed by this section.
(c) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection (a) hereof that the parent(s) or legal guardian(s):
(1) Initiated the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court against the child prior to the time that the child was found engaging in the conduct prohibited herein and are cooperating with the Juvenile Court in supervising the child; and/or
(2) Can demonstrate based upon the records of any school in which the child is in attendance that they have been actively working and cooperating with officials of that school regarding the behavior of the child prior to the time that the child was found violating division (a) of this section.
(d) Penalty. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (Ord. 27-2010. Passed 5-10-10.)