6-3-1: PURPOSE AND POLICY:
The policy of the city is:
   A.   To protect children's health and welfare which includes their care, guidance, and control;
   B.   Parents, guardians, and/or other persons having legal custody are responsible for providing for the physical custody and control of the child and to determine where and with whom the child shall live and to provide the child with care, education, and discipline;
   C.   A child who is unaccompanied by an adult having custodial rights or an adult person designated by a person having custodial rights and who is found to be on the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, places, buildings, place of amusement, eating places, vacant lots, and other locations unsupervised by such adult having the lawful authority to be at such place between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. on weeknights and from twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight to six o'clock (6:00) A.M. on weekends, is hereby found to be at a greater risk for injury, becoming a victim of a crime, being involved in criminal activity, being a danger to persons or property or otherwise being subject to danger. (Ord. 420, 11-13-1996)