For the purposes of this chapter only, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations have the meaning given herein.
(a) “Minor” means any person under the age of eighteen years or any person seventeen or less years of age.
(b) “Parent” means any person having legal custody of a minor:
(1) As a natural or adoptive parent;
(2) As a legal guardian;
(3) As a person who stands in loco parentis; or
(4) As a person to whom legal custody has been given by order of court.
(c) “Public place” means any street, highway, alley or right of way, to include sidewalks, any park, playground, ground, place or building open to the public; and privately or publicly owned place of amusement, entertainment or public accommodation, to include parking lots and any other areas adjacent thereto; and any vacant lot or land or, without the consent of the owner, any private property.
(d) “Time of night” is based upon the prevailing standard of time, generally observed at that hour by the public in the Village, prima facie the time then observed in the Village Administrative Offices and Police Station.
(e) “Year of age” continues from one birthday, such as the seventeenth, to but not including the day of the next, such as the eighteenth birthday.
(Ord. 60-1998. Passed 8-4-98.)