For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural include the singular, and words in the singular include the plural. The word “shall” is always mandatory and not merely directory.
ESTABLISHMENT. Any privately owned place of business carried on for a profit or any place of amusement or entertainment to which the public is invited.
JUVENILE. Any person under the age of 17 years of age, or, in equivalent phrasing, any person of the age of 16 years old or younger.
OPERATOR. Any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation operating, managing or conducting any establishment; and whenever used in any clause prescribing a penalty, the term as applied to associations or partnerships shall include the members or partners thereof and as applied to corporations shall include the officers thereof.
PARENT. Any natural parent of a juvenile, a legal guardian or any adult person, 18 years or older, in whose care the juvenile has been placed by the natural parent or legal guardian.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground, public building, parkway or vacant lot.
REMAIN. To stay behind, to tarry and stay unnecessarily upon a public place, including congregating in groups totaling four or more juveniles in which any minor included would not be using the public place for an ordinary or serious purpose such as passage or going home. To implement this definition with more precision and precaution, numerous exceptions will be provided hereinafter to indicate that this is not a mere prohibitory or presence type curfew ordinance. More exceptions become available to juveniles with increasing years and advancing maturity as appropriate in the interest of reasonable regulation.
TIME OF NIGHT. The prevailing local standard of time at the date in question, whether Central Standard Time or Central Daylight Saving Time, as observed by the public. The time maintained by the City Police Department shall be prima facie evidence of the time of day for continued implementation of this chapter.
YEAR OF AGE. This term means the time from one birthday, such as the sixteenth, to the next, but not including the day of the next birthday. Thus, upon a person’s seventeenth birthday, he or she will cease to be a juvenile regulated by this chapter.
(Ord. 12-1101, passed 11-19-2012)