(a) No person having the control and custody of, or being the parent or guardian of, a minor shall knowingly permit such minor to, nor shall such minor, be outside the confines of his or her home site, or congregate, wander, sit in an automobile, loiter or play upon the streets, roads or other places of the Village, on unsupervised or unenclosed lands, or in other places of amusement or entertainment, for the times hereinafter prohibited for the respective ages specified:
(1) Minors under 16 years of age: between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
(2) During the school year, minors 16 or 17 years of age: between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, Sunday through Thursday, inclusive, and between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day on Friday and Saturday.
(3) During the summer vacation from school, minors 16 or 17 years of age: between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
(b) This section shall not apply to minors on an emergency errand or on legitimate business as directed by the parent, guardian or custodian, nor minors who are employed by an employer who has registered the employment of the minor with the Police Department, nor to minors accompanied by a parent, guardian or custodian, or some other person over 21 years of age who has been given responsibility for such minor's control and custody by the person legally responsible for the discipline of the minor.
(c) Any school, church, lodge or other organization sponsoring functions wherein minors in attendance will be out at a later hour than provided for in this section shall obtain approval from the Chief of Police to have the minors remain until the tie when the entertainment will end. All minors attending such functions shall be required to be within the confines of their respective home sites one-half hour after such function is ended.
(d) Any person under the age of 18 years who violates the provisions of the above curfew shall be apprehended and charged as being an unruly child and taken before the Juvenile Court of Ashtabula County as provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 2151.
(e) Any person having control and custody of, or being the parent or guardian of, a minor who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to violating the provisions of the above curfew twice within a 12-month period is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. For each subsequent offense by the minor within a 12-month period, the person having control and custody of, or being the parent or guardian of, the minor is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 97-10-2. Passed 10-21-97.)