Chapter 9.20
CURFEW AND TRUANCY FOR MINORS
Sections:
   9.20.010   Definitions.
   9.20.020   Juvenile nighttime curfew.
   9.20.025   Prohibition of sales and solicitations by minors unaccompanied by an adult.
   9.20.030   Curfew exceptions.
   9.20.040   Juvenile curfew during school hours.
   9.20.050   Truancy exceptions.
   9.20.060   Duty of parent or guardian.
   9.20.070   Minor curfew, truancy or willful misconduct cost recovery authorization.
   9.20.080   Penalty.
9.20.010   Definitions.
   As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning set out below:
   A.   "Emergency" means one or more unforeseen circumstances or resulting state requiring immediate action, such as a fire, natural disaster, accident or situation requiring immediate action to prevent or treat serious injury or loss to person or property.
   B.   "Establishment" means any privately owned place of business to which the public is invited, including but not limited to places of amusement or entertainment.
   C.   "Guardian" means a person ordered to be such by a court or a public or private agency with whom the minor has been placed.
   D.   "Minor" means any person under eighteen years of age.
   E.   "Parent" means a person who is a natural, adoptive or step-parent or someone at least eighteen years old authorized by a parent or guardian to have care, custody or control of the minor.
   F.   "Public place" means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways and the common areas of school, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities and shops.
(Ord. 98-05-1234 § 1 (part): Ord. 98-04-1233 § 1 (part))
9.20.020   Juvenile nighttime curfew.
   It is unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen to remain in any public place or establishment within the city between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m.
(Ord. 98-05-1234 § 1 (part): Ord. 98-04-1233 § 1 (part))
9.20.025   Prohibition of sales and solicitations by minors unaccompanied by an adult.
   No minor shall sell, offer for sale, or solicit the purchase of any article, goods or merchandise, or solicit a contribution to any charitable cause whatsoever, in any area of the city, from five p.m. until nine a.m. the following day, during pacific standard time, and from seven p.m. to nine a.m. the following day, during pacific daylight time, unless that minor is accompanied by a person over the age of eighteen.
(Ord. 2000-05-1272 § 1)
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