(A) No minor under the age of 17 years, but over the age of 14 years, shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places or pleasure ride or park in automobiles between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following day.
(B) This section does not apply to a minor under the age of 14 in the following circumstances:
(1) Accompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian or any other person 21 years of age or older authorized by a parent to the caretaker for the minor;
(2) On an errand at the direction of the minor’s parent, guardian, or caretaker without any detour or stop;
(3) In a vehicle involved in interstate travel;
(4) Engaged in certain employment activity or going to or from employment without any detour or stop;
(5) Involved in an emergency;
(6) On the sidewalk that abuts the minor’s or the next door neighbor’s residence, if the neighbor has not complained to the police;
(7) In attendance at an official school, religious or other recreational activity sponsored by the city, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor, or going to or from, without any detour or slop, such an activity supervised by adults; or
(8) Exercising First Amendment rights, including free exercise of religion, freedom of speech and the right of assembly.
(C) Any employer falsifying evidence of the time of day a minor in its employ was relief from work shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
(1979 Code, § 9.122) (Ord. 56, passed 10-5-1976) Penalty, see § 10.99