(A) The parent of any minor has a continuing responsibility to exercise reasonable control and supervision over the minor to prevent the minor from committing or participating in the commission of any delinquent act.
(B) The parental responsibility to exercise reasonable control includes the following duties, set forth for the purposes of illustration and not limitation:
(1) To keep drugs out of the home and out of the possession of the minor, except those drugs duly prescribed by a licensed physician or other authorized medical professional;
(2) To keep illegal firearms out of the home, and keep legal firearms out of the possession of the minor except when being used for hunting in accordance with local ordinance and state law and with the knowledge and supervision of a parent;
(3) To know the Curfew Ordinance of the city (this subchapter) and to require the minor to observe the Curfew Ordinance;
(4) To require the minor to attend regular school sessions and to prevent the minor from being absent from school without parental or school permission;
(5) To arrange for proper supervision for the minor when the parent must be absent;
(6) To prevent the minor from maliciously or willfully damaging, defacing, or destroying real or personal property belonging to others, including that belonging to the city; and
(7) To forbid the minor from keeping stolen property, illegally possessing firearms or illegal drugs, or associating with known juvenile delinquents, and to seek help from appropriate governmental authorities or private agencies in handling or controlling the minor, when necessary.
(Prior Code, § 130.52) (Ord. D-63, passed 6-28-1943, effective 6-28-1943; Ord. D-1700, passed 9-13-1993, effective 9-23-1993; Ord. O-93, passed 12-7-2009, effective 12-17-2009)