A. Age and Hour Restrictions; Adult Responsible:
1. It is hereby made unlawful for any person less than seventeen (17) years of age to be or remain upon or in any street, alley or public places of the Village, at night, between the hours of twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. on Friday or Saturday nights, and between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. on Sunday through Thursday nights, unless such person is accompanied by a parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of such minor person, or is in the performance of an errand or duty directed or imposed by such parent, guardian or other person having care or custody of such minor person, whose employment makes it necessary to be upon the streets, alleys or public places of the Village during the night during the aforesaid hours; provided, that such business, occupation or employment in which such minor person may be so engaged during the aforesaid night hours shall be such in which the minor person may, under the statutes of the State of Illinois 1 , be lawfully engaged or employed. (Ord. 405-88, 5-10-88; 1995 Code)
2. Adult Responsibility: It is hereby made unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having the legal custody of any minor under the age of seventeen (17) years to permit any such child, ward or other person under age, to violate the provisions of this Section, and any person violating the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided herein. (Ord. 366-86, 4-8-86)
B. Parental Responsibility:
1. Definitions: As used in this Section, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified have the meanings ascribed to them:
LEGAL GUARDIAN: A person appointed guardian, or given custody, of a minor by a Circuit Court of the State, but does not include a person appointed guardian or given custody, of a minor under the Juvenile Court Act 2 .
MINOR: A person who is above the age of eleven (11) years, but not yet nineteen (19) years of age.
2. Failure to Exercise Parental Responsibility: The parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated minor residing with such parent or legal guardian shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have failed to exercise proper parental responsibility, and said minor shall be deemed to have committed the acts described below with the knowledge and permission of the parent or guardian, in violation of this Section, upon the occurrence of the events described in subsections B1, B2 and B3 below:
a. An unemancipated minor residing with said parent or legal guardian shall either be adjudicated to be in violation of any ordinance, law or statute prohibiting wilful and malicious acts causing injury to person or property, or shall have incurred nonjudicial sanctions from another official agency resulting from an admission of guilt of violation of any ordinance, law or statute prohibiting wilful and malicious acts causing injury to a person or property; and
b. Said parent or legal guardian shall have received a verbal or written notice thereof by certified mail or personal service from the Police Department of the Village following said adjudication or nonjudicial sanction; and
c. If at any time within one year following receipt of the notice set forth in subsection B2 above, said minor is either adjudicated to be in violation of any ordinance, law or statute as described in subsection B2 above, or shall have incurred nonjudicial sanctions from another official agency resulting from an admission of guilt of violation of any ordinance, law or statute as described in subsection B1 above. (Ord. 366-86, 4-8-86)
C. Penalty: Whoever violates any provision of this Chapter shall be subject to penalty as provided in subsection 1-4-4E of this Code. (Ord. 366-86, 4-8-86; 1995 Code)
Notes
| 1 | 1. S.H.A. 720 ILCS 555/1. |
| 2 | 1. S.H.A. 705 ILCS 405/1-1 et seq. |