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As used in this chapter:
(a) "Establishment" means any privately owned place of business carried on for a profit, or any place of amusement or entertainment to which the public is invited.
(b) "Minor" means any person under the age of sixteen years.
(c) "Official City time" means the time currently in effect.
(d) "Operator" means any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation operating, managing or conducting any establishment; wherever used in any clause prescribing a penalty, the term "operator", as applied to associations or partnerships, includes the members or partners thereof, and as applied to a corporation, includes the officers thereof.
(e) "Parent" means any natural parent of a minor, a guardian or any adult person twenty-one years of age or over, responsible for the care and custody of a minor.
(f) "Public place" means any public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground, public building or vacant lot.
(g) "Remain" means to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon.
(h) "Drive or ride aimlessly" means to drive or to ride as a passenger in or upon any public place by an unnecessarily circuitous route or to retrace the same route.
(Ord. 1977-17. Passed 8-8-77.)
(a) No minor shall remain in or upon any public place or any establishment between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day, official City time.
(b) No minor shall drive or ride aimlessly in an automobile, a truck or a motorcycle between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day, official City time.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any minor accompanied by a parent, or to a minor upon an errand or other legitimate business directed by such minor's parent, or to any minor who is engaged in gainful lawful employment during the curfew hours.
(d) Any school, church, lodge or other organization which desires to hold any entertainment for minors under sixteen years of age, and which entertainment shall require such minors to be out at a later hour than provided in this section, shall make application to the City Manager for permission to have the minors stay out to a later hour. The application shall state the time the entertainment will end. Minors who attend such entertainment shall be required to be off the streets and public places one hour after the entertainment is ended.
(e) Whoever violates this section shall be deemed an unruly child as defined in Ohio R.C. Section 2151.022 and shall be subject to the penalties provided in Ohio R.C. Section 2151.354. (Ord. 1977-17. Passed 8-8-77.)
(a) No parent shall knowingly permit any minor to remain in or upon any public place or any establishment between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day, official City time. It shall be prima facie evidence if a minor is out that the parents have knowledge of it.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any parent who accompanies a minor, or to a parent who directs a minor upon an errand or other legitimate business, or to any parent of a minor engaged in gainful lawful employment during the curfew hours, or to any parent of a minor who attends any entertainment in accordance with the provisions of Section 531.02(d).
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1977-17. Passed 8-8-77.)
(a) No operator of an establishment or their agents or employees shall knowingly permit any minor to remain upon the premises of such establishment between the hours of 11:00 p m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day, official City time, except as provided in Section 531.02(d).
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1977-17. Passed 8-8-77.)