(A) Should the minor identify himself or herself as a nonresident of the city, the police officer shall check to see if the minor has been found present in or on a public street, park, square, or other public place within the previous three months.
(B) If there is no record of the minor being found present in or on a public street, park, square, or other public place within the previous three months, the police officer shall inform the minor in question of this chapter and shall escort him or her to the place within the municipal jurisdiction of the city at which he or she is staying. If the minor is a transient who intends to leave the city before the next morning, the minor shall be detained and the parent or legal guardian of that minor shall be informed that the minor will be detained if desired until the parent or legal guardian, or the designee of the parent or legal guardian, arrives to claim said minor. If the parent or legal guardian of the transient minor so requests, the police officer shall release the minor and escort him or her out of the corporate limits of this city.
(C) If the nonresident minor has been found present in or on a public street, park, square, or other public place within the previous three months, the officer shall follow the procedure for transient minors, as found in division (B) above, except that the minor shall not be released until claimed by a parent or legal guardian or the designee of the parent or legal guardian.
(Ord. 88-25, passed 5-25-1988)