As used in this chapter, certain terms and words shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Curfew hours" means:
(1) For minors sixteen years of age or older, between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the same day.
(2) For minors under the age of sixteen years, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the next day.
(b) "Emergency" means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to, a fire, a natural disaster or automobile accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.
(c) "Establishment" means any privately-owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including but not limited to any place of amusement or entertainment.
(d) "Guardian" means:
(1) A person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor; or
(2) A public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court.
(e) "Minor" means any person under eighteen years of age.
(f) "Operator" means any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating, managing or conducting any establishment. The term includes the members or partners of an association or partnership and the officers of a corporation.
(g) "Parent" means a person who is:
(1) A natural parent, adoptive parent or step-parent of another person; or
(2) At least eighteen years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have the care and custody of a minor.
(h) "Public place" means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities and shops.
(i) "Remain" means to:
(1) Linger or stay; or
(2) Fail to leave premises when requested to do so by a police officer or the owner, operator or other person in control of the premises.
(j) "Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
(Ord. 13-2010. Passed 3-23-10.)