(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of 18 years to loiter, idle, or remain in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots, or other unsupervised places between the hours of 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings and 5:00 a.m. of the following days and between the hours of 12:00 midnight on Friday and Saturday and 5:00 a.m. of the following days, official city time.
(2) Provided, however, that on Halloween Night of each and every year, it shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of 18 years to loiter, idle, or remain in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots, or other unsupervised places between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following days, official city time.
(B) This section does not apply to a minor who is:
(1) Accompanied by his parent, guardian, or custodian;
(2) Accompanied by an adult specified by his parent, guardian; or
(3) Participating in or returning from lawful employment or a lawful athletic, educational, entertainment, religious or social event.
(C) Responsibility of parent. It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor under the age of 18 years to allow or permit such minor to violate division (A) above.
(D) Procedure by arresting officer upon a violation. All minors under the age of 18 years arrested under the provisions of this section shall be taken to his home and the arresting officer shall ascertain whether the minor is within the control of his parents, guardian, or other adult person. If the parents, guardian, or other adult person shall state that the minor cannot be controlled by them, or if the parents, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody cannot be located, then the minor shall be detained in the juvenile facilities provided by the county, and shall be subject to the proper order of the district court. Any parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100 or confined in jail not more than 30 days or punished by both said fine and imprisonment for each separate offense.
(Ord. passed 9-5-78; Am. Ord. passed 10-16-78)
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The following schedule contains references to those sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes which prohibit the most common offenses against public order. These citations are intended only as convenient references for enforcement officers in citing offenders under state law. It is not the intention of the municipality to incorporate such statutory provisions in this code of ordinances, and such provisions are specifically not incorporated by reference.
OFFENSE | KRS SECTION | PENALTY CLASS |
OFFENSE | KRS SECTION | PENALTY CLASS |
ABUSE OF CORPSE | 525.120 | A misdemeanor or D felony |
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | ||
First degree | 525.125 | D felony |
Second degree | 525.130 | A misdemeanor |
DESECRATION OF VENERATED OBJECTS | ||
First degree | 525.105 | C felony |
Second degree | 525.110 | A misdemeanor |
DISORDERLY CONDUCT | 525.060 | B misdemeanor |
DISRUPTING MEETINGS OR PROCESSIONS | 525.150 | B misdemeanor |
EAVESDROPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES | ||
Divulging illegally obtained information | 526.060 | A misdemeanor |
Eavesdropping | 526.020 | D felony |
Installing eavesdropping device | 526.030 | D felony |
Possessing eavesdropping device | 526.040 | A misdemeanor |
Tampering with private communications | 526.050 | A misdemeanor |
FAILURE TO DISPERSE | 525.160 | B misdemeanor |
FIREARMS AND WEAPONS | ||
(Editor's note: Enactment of KRS 65.870 now prohibits any type of local firearms control ordinances) | ||
HARASSING COMMUNICATIONS | 525.080 | B misdemeanor |
HARASSMENT | 525.070 | Violation |
INCITING TO RIOT | 525.040 | A misdemeanor |
LOITERING | 525.090 | Violation |
OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY OR PUBLIC PASSAGE | 525.140 | B misdemeanor |
PUBLIC INTOXICATION | 525.100 | B misdemeanor |
RIOT | ||
First degree | 525.020 | D felony |
Second degree | 525.030 | A misdemeanor |
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY | 525.050 | B misdemeanor |
Penalty, see Ch. 139