A curfew applicable to minors is established and shall be enforced as follows.
(A) Time limits. It is unlawful for any minor to be or remain upon any public place, as defined in this chapter, in the town between 12:00 a.m. Friday and 5:00 a.m. on Saturday, or between 12:00 a.m. Saturday and 5:00 a.m. on Sunday, or between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following morning on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.
(B) Exceptions. The restrictions in division (A) do not apply to a minor who is:
(1) Accompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian;
(2) On an errand at the direction of the minor’s parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;
(3) In a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
(4) Engaged in an employment activity, or going to or returning home from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;
(5) Involved in an emergency;
(6) On the sidewalk abutting the minor’s residence or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if the neighbor did not complain to the police department about the minor’s presence;
(7) Attending an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the city, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor, or going to or returning home from, without any detour or stop, an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the city, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor;
(8) Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or
(9) Married or had been married or had disabilities of minority removed in accordance with state law.
(C) Responsibility of persons charged with the care and custody of minors. It is unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person charged with the care and custody of any minor to allow or permit such minor to be in or upon, or remain in or upon a public place within the town within the curfew hours set by division (A) above, except as otherwise provided in division (B) above.
(D) Responsibility of business establishments. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation operating a place of business or amusement to allow or permit any minor to be in or upon, or to remain in or upon, any place of business or amusement operated by him, her or them within the curfew hours set by division (A) above, except as otherwise provided in division (B) above.
(1987 Code, § 3-1-16(e)) Penalty, see § 130.99