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(Amended by Ord. No. 111,348, Eff. 7/4/58.)
(a) “BOARD” means the Board of Police Commissioners unless otherwise designated.
(b) “DANCING ACADEMY” means a regularly established place of business maintained and conducted principally for the purpose of giving instructions in dancing.
(c) “DANCE HALL” means any place where the holding or conducting of public dances is regularly carried on.
(d) “DANCING CLUB” means any club or association of persons which conducts dances, other than public dances, for its members or bona fide guests more than once per month at which a fee is charged, either for an admission to such dance or for dancing therein, or at which any collection or donation of money is made or received, or in which the amount of dues to be paid by each member is dependent upon attendance at such dances by such member.
(e) “PUBLIC DANCES” means gathering of persons in or upon any premises where dancing is participated in and to which premises the public is admitted.
(Amended by Ord. No. 169,154, Eff. 1/1/94.)
No person shall sell, exchange, give or loan to any person under 18 years of age any:
(a) slingshot,
(b) springback knife,
(c) fixed or locking blade knife having a blade over two inches in length,
(d) dirk or dagger having a blade over two inches in length,
(e) ice pick,
(f) tool or implement having a point similar to an ice pick, a shaft at least three inches in length and a handle,
(g) straight edge razor or razor blade fitted to a handle,
(h) gun,
(i) revolver,
(j) pistol or firearm of any description,
(k) spring or air gun or other device designed or intended to discharge any pellets, BB shot, shot or other deadly or dangerous missile, or
(l) ammunition, cartridge, shell or other device, whether containing any explosive substance or not, designed and intended for use in any weapons enumerated herein.
Work related uses of any of the above weapons are not prohibited under this section.
(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 180,173, Eff. 10/5/08.)
(a) Curfew. It is unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen years to be present in or upon any public street, avenue, highway, road, curb area, alley, park, playground, or other public ground, public place or public building, place of amusement or eating place, vacant lot, or unsupervised place between the hours of 10:00 p.m. on any day and sunrise of the immediately following day.
(b) Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply when:
(1) The minor is accompanied by the minor’s parent, guardian, other adult person authorized by the parent or guardian having the care or custody of the minor, or by the minor’s spouse eighteen years of age or older; or
(2) The minor is on an errand directed by the minor’s parent, guardian, other adult person authorized by the parent or guardian having the care or custody of the minor, or by the minor’s spouse eighteen years of age or older without any detour or stop; or
(3) The minor is attending or going directly to or returning directly home from a public meeting or a place of public entertainment such as a movie, play, sporting event, dance or school activity; or
(4) The presence of a minor in one or more of the places identified in Subsection (a) is connected with or required with respect to a business, trade, profession or occupation in which the minor is lawfully engaged; or
(5) The minor is involved in an emergency such as a fire, natural disaster, automobile accident, a situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life, or any unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state, which calls for immediate action; or
(6) The minor is exercising the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and by Article I, Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the California Constitution; or
(7) The minor is in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel; or
(8) The minor is emancipated in accordance with the California Family Code or other applicable state law.
(c) Enforcement. Before taking any action to enforce the provisions of this section, police officers shall ask the apparent offender’s age and reason for being in the public place during curfew hours. The officer shall not issue a citation or make an arrest under this section unless the officer reasonably believes that an offense has occurred and that, based on any responses and other circumstances, no exceptions to this section apply.
(d) Severability of Provisions. If any severable provision of this ordinance or any application of the provisions is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance, which can be given effect notwithstanding any invalidity.
(Amended by Ord. No. 182,084, Eff. 4/13/12.)
(a) Curfew. It is unlawful for any minor under the age of 18, who is subject to compulsory education or to compulsory continuation education, alone or in concert with others, to be present in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, places or amusement and eating places, vacant lots or any place open to the public during the hours of the day when the school, which the minor would normally attend, is in session, on days when that school is in session. This section shall not apply to public sidewalks immediately adjacent to school grounds, the entrance areas to schools, or to school grounds.
(b) Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply when:
(1) The minor is accompanied by the minor’s parent, guardian, or other adult person authorized by the parent or guardian having the care or custody of the minor; or
(2) The minor is on an emergency errand directed by the minor’s parent, guardian or other adult person having the care or custody of the minor; or
(3) The minor is attending or going directly to or returning directly from a public meeting or an official school-sponsored sporting event, dance, or activity which is under the direction, supervision, or control of an adult and which is organized, arranged, or sponsored by the City, a local educational authority, or religious or civil organization that is taking responsibility for the minor; or
(4) The minor is going directly to or coming directly from their place of gainful employment; or
(5) The minor is going directly to or coming directly from a medical appointment; or
(6) The minor is carrying in the minor’s possession a valid, school issued, off-campus permit or pass that authorizes the minor to leave the school campus; or
(7) The presence of the minor in one or more of the places identified in Subsection (a) is connected with or required with respect to a business, trade, profession or occupation in which the minor is lawfully engaged; or
(8) The minor is involved in an emergency such as a fire, natural disaster, automobile accident, a situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life, or any unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state, which calls for immediate action; or
(9) The minor is in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel; or
(10) The minor is authorized to be absent from the minor’s school pursuant to the provisions of California Education Code Section 48205, or any other applicable state or federal law; or
(11) The minor is traveling in the general direction of the minor’s school, regardless of whether
school has already begun. If the minor is contacted by law enforcement within a 3 block radius of the minor’s school within the first 60 minutes after school has begun, it establishes a rebuttable presumption that the minor is traveling to the minor’s school.
(c) Enforcement. Before taking any action to enforce the provisions of this section, police officers shall ask the apparent offender’s age and reason for being in the public place during curfew hours. The officer shall not issue a citation or make an arrest under this section unless the officer reasonably believes that an offense has occurred, that the minor is required to be in school, and that based on any responses and other circumstances, no exceptions to this section apply. The officer shall identify the time when the officer first encountered the minor, provide the minor’s stated age, and articulate the justification for the citation’s issuance directly on the citation.
(d) Penalties for Violation. A violation of this section is an infraction. The first and second violations of this section shall only be punishable by either a requirement to provide an attendance plan to the court, developed with the minor and/or parent or appropriate guardian, or to participate in community service or other appropriate community or school-based program for mentoring, tutoring, credit recovery, or counseling. The minor shall not be required to perform community service or fulfill program attendance for a total time exceeding 20 hours in any 60-day period, and the hours for performance shall occur during times other than during the minor’s hours of school attendance or employment.
Third and subsequent violations of this section shall be punishable by the sanctions for a first or second violation, or may be punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for any individual minor. At any time, fines may be waived due to indigence.
(e) Severability of Provisions. If any severable provision of this ordinance or any application thereof is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect notwithstanding such invalidity.
No person shall purchase or acquire by gift, bargain, exchange, or in any other manner, the necessary books of instruction used or prescribed for the use and belonging to or in the possession, custody or control of any pupil, under the age of 21 years, regularly enrolled or attending any public school without first obtaining the authorization and consent, in writing, of the parents or guardian of said pupil or the principal of the school at which said pupil is regularly enrolled or in attendance, so to do.
(a) No person conducting managing or carrying on the business of a moving picture exhibition shall permit or allow any person under the age of fourteen to attend any such moving picture exhibition after the hour of nine o’ clock P.M. of any day, unless such infant be accompanied by a parent guardian or other adult person.
(b) No person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of a moving picture exhibition shall permit or allow any such infant to enter or attend any such moving picture exhibition after the receipt of a notice signed by the parent or guardian of any such infant requesting that said infant be not allowed to enter or attend any such moving picture exhibition.
No person conducting, maintaining or carrying on a dancing academy shall permit any person under the age of sixteen (16) years to enter, dance or be instructed in dancing between the hours of six o’clock P.M. and twelve o’clock midnight of any day, unless such infant be accompanied by the infant’s parent, guardian or person exercising parental control over such infant, or by any other adult person authorized in writing by the parent, guardian, or any other adult person exercising parental control of such infant, to accompany the infant to any dancing academy.
The authorization referred to in the above section shall state that the person therein named may accompany the infant to such dancing academy on a date specified therein, together with the residence address of the person executing the same.
No authorization shall be good for more than one day.
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