(1) No minor shall remain in or upon any public place or any establishment from the Evening Curfew Time indicated in the following chart until 6 a.m. the following day, unless said minor is engaged in one or more of the activities listed in subsection (1)(a) (Exceptions), below. 61
Evening Curfew Time | |
Minors 14 and older | 10:00 p.m. |
Minors 13 and under | 9:30 p.m. |
(a) Exceptions. Evening Curfew Time set forth in subsection (1), above, shall not apply if the minor is:
(.1) accompanied by a parent, guardian or custodian;
(.2) engaged in an errand or other legitimate business as directed by a parent, guardian or custodian of the minor;
(.3) engaged in gainful lawful employment at the time, or going to or from such employment;
(.4) in a vehicle involved in interstate travel;
(.5) involved in dealing with 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 such an activity supervised by adults; or
(.8) exercising First Amendment rights.
(2) No minor shall commit a willful tortious act which results in injury to any person or which results in the theft, destruction or loss of property to another.
Notes
| 60 | Amended, 1977 Ordinances, p. 243; amended, Bill No. 980712 (approved October 29, 1998); amended, Bill. No. 060441 (approved January 23, 2007); amended, Bill No. 110633 (approved November 14, 2011). Pursuant to Section 2 of Bill No. 110633, the amendments from Bill No. 110633 lapsed on December 15, 2013 and are no longer included in the Code. |
| 61 | Amended, Bill No. 210503 (approved August 5, 2021); amended, Bill No. 220577
(approved July 6, 2022). Section 2 of Bill No. 220577
provides: "The changes to The Philadelphia Code as authorized by this Ordinance, shall lapse on September 29, 2022." Amended, Bill No. 220654-A (approved December 14, 2022). |