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   (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

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   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.
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   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).