5-2-3: PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY:
Except as otherwise provided herein:
   A.   Every parent, guardian or other person having the legal care, custody or control of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years who permits such person to violate the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   B.   It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or person having a minor in his charge, after receiving notice of the apprehension, arrest or detention of said minor, to fail or neglect to go in person or send some suitable person after said minor so detained.
   C.   Every parent, guardian or other person having the legal care, custody or control of any person under the age of eighteen (18) who violates section 5-2-1 of this chapter shall be liable for the expense of a police response and the cost of transporting the minor to a parental pick up station. The terms "expense of a police response" and "parental pick up station" shall have the meanings contained in section 5-8-2 of this title. (Ord. 780, 2-23-1993)