(a) No minor shall loiter in or about any business or public place between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except that on Fridays and Saturdays the hours shall be from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
(b) No minor shall drive or ride aimlessly in a motor vehicle, motorcycle or bicycle between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except that on Fridays and Saturdays the hours shall be from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a minor accompanied by a parent, a minor proceeding home, a minor on an errand directed or approved by a parent, or a minor engaged in gainful and lawful employment.
(d) As used in this section the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Minor” means any person under the age of eighteen years.
(2) “Business” means any privately owned or operated retail establishment including service stations, restaurants and places of a similar nature and any place of amusement or entertainment to which the public or certain members thereof are invited.
(3) “Operator” means any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation operating, managing or conducting any business and, as applied to associations or partnerships, includes the members or partners thereof and, as applied to corporations, includes the officers thereof.
(4) “Parent” includes any natural parent, guardian or any adult person over twenty-one years of age responsible for the care and custody of a minor.
(5) “Public place” means any public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground, public building, vacant lot or privately owned property permitted to be used by the public or certain members thereof.
(6) “Loiter” means idle, loaf, linger or to wander or to stroll aimlessly.
(7) “Drive” or “ride aimlessly” means to drive or ride in a motor vehicle, motorcycle or bicycle in a circuitous route or to joy ride.
(e) No parent shall knowingly permit any minor in his charge to loiter in or about any business or public place or to drive or ride aimlessly between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except that on Fridays and Saturdays the hours shall be 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
(f) No operator of a business, or the agents or employees thereof, shall knowingly permit any minor to loiter upon the premises of the business between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except that on Fridays and Saturdays the hours shall be from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
(g) Any police officer who finds a minor in violation of the provisions of this section shall obtain from the minor his name, address and age, and the names of his parents, and any other information that the officer deems pertinent to the incident. The minor shall thereupon be instructed to proceed to his home forthwith. If, in the officer’s opinion, the minor will not obey these instructions by the officer, the minor is to be taken to Police Headquarters and his parents called to come into the office to take possession of the minor. A written notice shall be mailed by the Police Department to the parents of the minor, advising of the violation of this ordinance.
(Ord. 1067. Passed 9-16-74.)
(h) Any person under the age of eighteen (18) years who violates subsection (a) or (b) herein shall be apprehended and charged as being an unruly child and taken before the Juvenile Court of Belmont County, Ohio, as provided in Ohio Rev. Code Chapter 2151. Any parent who violates subsection (e) herein is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Any operator of a business, or agent or employee thereof, who violates subsection (f) herein is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 2011-23. Passed 9-6-11.)