(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EMERGENCY. An unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. This term includes, but is not limited to, a fire, a natural disaster, or automobile accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily harm or loss of life.
ESTABLISHMENT. Any privately owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including but not limited to any place of amusement or entertainment.
GUARDIAN.
(1) A person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor; or
(2) A public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court.
JUVENILE. Any person who has not yet reached 18 years of age.
PARENT.
(1) Any natural, adoptive, or step-parent of a juvenile.
(2) At least 18 years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have custody of the minor.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any place which the pubic or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities and shops.
REMAIN.
(1) Linger or stay; or
(2) Fail to leave premises when requested to do so by a police officer or the owner, operator or other person in control of the premises.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any juvenile, prior to his or her 18th birthday, to loiter or remain in any public place or establishment, including any vehicle, upon any street or alley in the city during the following hours:
Sunday through Thursday: rom 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
Friday and Saturday: From Midnight to 5:00 a.m.
(C) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any minor is:
(1) Accompanied by a parent or guardian.
(2) Accompanied by an adult specified by the parent or guardian.
(3) On an errand under the direction of the parent or guardian, without any detour or stop.
(4) Engaged in an employment activity, or going to or returning home from employment activity, without any detour or stop.
(5) Participating in or going to or coming from a lawful athletic, educational, religious or social event.
(6) Involved in an emergency.
(7) The minor is legally emancipated by marriage or otherwise.
(D) It shall be unlawful for the parent or guardian of any juvenile to allow the juvenile to loiter or remain in any public place or establishment, including any vehicle, upon any street or alley in the city in violation of this section.('76 Code, § 10-1-2) (Ord. 231, passed 5-24-73; Am. Ord. 1063, passed 3-12-98)
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an unemancipated person who is under 18 years of age and who is unaccompanied by a parent, grandparent, or guardian, or a certified hunter safety instructor or certified firearms safety instructor, acting with the consent of the unemancipated person's parent or guardian, shall not knowingly carry or possess on his or her person, within his or her immediate control, or in or on a means of transportation, a firearm in any place that is open to the public or on any street or highway or on any private property except private property owned or leased by the minor or the minor's parent, grandparent, or guardian.
(B) This section does not apply to a person who is 14, 15, 16 or 17 years of age and is any of the following:
(1) Engaged in lawful hunting or shooting events or marksmanship practice at established ranges where the discharge of a firearm is not prohibited.
(2) Engaged in lawful transportation of an unloaded firearm for the purpose of lawful hunting.
(3) Engaged in lawful transportation of an unloaded firearm between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. for the purpose of shooting events or marksmanship practice at established ranges or other areas where the discharge of a firearm is not prohibited.
(C) If the minor is not exempt under division (B) of this section and is in possession of a firearm, a peace officer may seize the firearm and hold it until the agency returns the firearm to a parent or guardian or initiates forfeiture proceedings pursuant to A.R.S. Chapter 39 of Title 13.
(D) If the firearm is not returned to the parent or guardian pursuant to division (C) of this section, it shall be held by the law enforcement agency responsible for the seizure until the charges have been adjudicated or otherwise disposed of and until the conclusion of any forfeiture proceedings. Upon adjudication of a person for a violation of this section, the court in accordance with A.R.S. Title 13, Chapter 39 shall order the firearm forfeited and sold, destroyed, or disposed of otherwise.
(E) If the court finds that the parent or guardian of a minor found responsible for violating this section knew of the minor's unlawful conduct and made no effort to prohibit it, the parent or guardian is jointly and severally responsible for any fine imposed pursuant to this section.
(F) This section is supplemental to any other law imposing a criminal penalty for the use or exhibition of a deadly weapon. A minor who violates this section may be prosecuted and convicted for any other criminal conduct involving the use or exhibition of the deadly weapon.
('76 Code, § 10-1-14) (Ord. 932, passed 10-14-93) Penalty, see § 131.99
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