It is unlawful for any child under the age of eighteen (18) years to loiter, idle, wander or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and eating places, vacant lots or any other unsupervised places between the hours of ten thirty o'clock (10:30) P.M. and five thirty o'clock (5:30) A.M. the following day; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section do not apply when such child is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of the child, or when such child is upon an emergency errand directed by his or her parent or guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of such child, or when such child is returning directly home from any school function, work, recreational activity or properly supervised recreation. (1973 Code § 9.74.010)
It is unlawful for the parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care, and custody of a child under the age of eighteen (18) years, to permit such child to loiter, idle, wander or play, in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and eating places, vacant lots, or any other unsupervised places between the hours of ten thirty o'clock (10:30) P.M. and five thirty (5:30) A.M. the following day; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section do not apply when such child is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of such child, or when such child is upon an emergency errand directed by his or her parent, or guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of such child, or when such child is returning directly home from any school function, work, recreational activity or properly supervised recreation. (1973 Code § 9.74.020)
It shall be the duty of any police officer finding any child upon the streets of the City under the age of eighteen (18) years in violation of Section 6-2-1 to detain such child, for which purpose such child may be taken to any lawful place of custody for juveniles of the City, and it shall be his further duty to notify the parents or either of them, the guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of such child, that the child is so detained; or, in case it is impractical to detain such child at such lawful place of custody for juveniles, it shall be the duty of such officer to take such child to the place of residence of the parent or either of them, the guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of such child, and to there notify the parents or either of them, the guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of such child, that such child was unlawfully upon the streets of the City. (1973 Code § 9.74.030)
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