(a) No person having the control and custody of, or being the parent or guardian of, a minor, shall knowingly permit such minor to, nor shall such minor, be outside the confines of his or her homesite or congregate, wander, travel through in an automobile, sit in an automobile, loiter or play upon the streets, County roads or other places of the County, unsupervised or unenclosed lands, or other places of amusement or entertainment, for the times hereinafter prohibited for the respective ages specified:
(1) Minors under 13 years of age, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day during the months of May to September, inclusive, and between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day during the months of October to April, inclusive;
(2) Minors 13 or 14 years of age, between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, Sunday through Thursday, inclusive, and between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day on Friday and Saturday;
(3) Minors 15, 16 or 17 years of age, between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day on Sunday through Thursday, inclusive, and between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
(b) The hours referred to in division (a) hereof mean the official County time which is applicable throughout the County, whether it is Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
(c) This section shall not apply to minors who are:
(1) Accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian;
(2) On an errand at the direction of the minor's parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;
(3) In a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
(4) Engaged in an employment activity, or going to or returning home from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;
(5) Involved in an emergency;
(6) On the sidewalk abutting the minor's residence or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if the neighbor did not complain to the police department about the minor's presence;
(7) Attending an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the city, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor, or going to or returning home from, without any detour or stop, an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the city, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor;
(8) Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or
(9) Married or had been married or had disabilities of minority removed in accordance with state law.
(d) Any school, church, lodge or other organization sponsoring functions wherein minors in attendance will be out at a later hour than provided for in this section shall obtain the approval of the Chief of Police to have the minors remain to the time when the entertainment will end. All minors attending such function shall be required to be within the confines of their respective homesites one-half hour after such function is ended.
(Ord. 1108, passed 12-6-71)
(e) Whoever, being an adult, violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Punishment shall be as provided in § 698.02. Whoever, being a minor, violates this section shall be dealt with in accordance with Juvenile Court law and procedure.
(`80 Code, § 648.11)