For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CURFEW HOURS FOR INDIVIDUALS 15, 16, AND 17 YEARS OF AGE. Refers to the time between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. on Saturday or Sunday; after 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday; and before 5:00 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.
CURFEW HOURS FOR INDIVIDUALS LESS THAN 15 YEARS OF AGE. Refers to the time after 11:00 p.m. and before 5:00 a.m. on any day.
EMERGENCY. Refers to unforeseen circumstances, or the status or condition resulting therefrom, requiring immediate action to safeguard life, limb, or property. The term includes, but is not limited to, fires, natural disaster, automobile accidents, or other similar circumstances.
ESTABLISHMENT. Refers to any privately owned place of business within the town operated for a profit, to which the public is invited, including, but not limited to, any place of amusement or entertainment. With respect to such establishment, the term “operator” shall mean any person, and any firm, associates, partnership (and the members or partners thereof), and/or any corporation or limited liability company (and the officers or managers thereof) conducting or managing that ESTABLISHMENT.
MINOR. Refers to any person under 18 years of age.
PARENT. Refers to:
(1) A person who is a minor’s biological or adoptive parent and who has legal custody of a minor (including either parent, if custody is shared under a court order or agreement);
(2) A person who is the biological or adoptive parent with whom a minor regularly resides;
(3) A person judicially appointed as a legal guardian of the minor; and/or
(4) A person 18 years of age or older standing in loco parentis (as indicated by the authorization of an individual listed in divisions (1) to (3) above, for the care or physical custody of the child, or as indicated by any other circumstances).
PERSON. Refers to an individual, not to any association, corporation, or any other legal entity.
PUBLIC PLACE. Refers to any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access, including, but not limited to, streets, highways, roads, sidewalks, alleys, avenues, parks, and/or the common area of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transportation facilities, and shops.
REMAIN. Refers to the following actions:
(1) To linger or stay at or upon a place; and/or
(2) To fail to leave a place when requested to do so by an officer of the town’s Police Department, a member of its Police Reserves, or any other state or county police officer with law enforcement jurisdiction within the town.
(Ord. 2000-7, passed 11-27-2000)