(a) Definitions
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For the purpose of this section, the following words and terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this section.
(1) “Establishment” means any privately owned place of business carried on for a profit or any place of amusement or entertainment to which the public is invited.
(2) “Juvenile” means any person under the age of eighteen years.
(3) “Operator” means any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation operating, managing or conducting any establishment. Whenever used in any clause prescribing a penalty, the term “operator” as applied to an association or partnership shall include the members or partners thereof and as applied to a corporation, shall include the officers thereof.
(4) “Parent” means any natural parent, guardian or any adult person, eighteen years of age or over, responsible for the care and custody of a juvenile.
(5) “Public place” means any public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground, public building, vacant lot or public park.
(6) “Remain” means loiter, idle, wander, drive, stroll or play in or upon.
(b) Unlawful Conduct.
(1) No juvenile shall remain in or upon any public place or any establishment between 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except that on Friday nights and Saturday nights, the hours shall be from 12:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a juvenile accompanied by a parent, nor to a juvenile engaged upon an errand or other legitimate business directed in writing by such juvenile’s parents and carried upon the juvenile’s person, nor to any juvenile who is engaged in lawful, gainful employment during the curfew hours.
(3) No parent shall knowingly permit any juvenile to remain in or upon any public place or any establishment between 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except that on Friday nights and Saturday nights, the hours shall be from 12:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any parent who accompanies a juvenile, nor to a parent who directs a juvenile upon an errand or other legitimate business in writing carried upon the juvenile’s person, nor to any parent of a juvenile engaged in lawful, gainful employment during the curfew hours.
(5) No operator of an establishment or his agent or employee shall knowing permit any juvenile to remain upon the premises of such establishment between 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, official City time, except that on Friday nights and Saturdays nights, the hours shall be from 12:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(c) Penalty
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(1) Any police officer who finds a juvenile violating any provisions of this chapter shall obtain information from such juvenile as to his or her name, address, age and the name of his or her parent or parents. The juvenile shall thereupon be instructed to proceed to his or her home forthwith. The information obtained from the juvenile shall be forwarded to the County Juvenile Court, which shall cause a written notice to be mailed to the parent or parents of the juvenile advising of the violation of this chapter.
(2) Any parent who violates any provision of this chapter after having received notice of a prior violation is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(3) Any operator of an establishment and any agent or employee of any operator who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(4) Each violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
(5) Any juvenile who violates any provision of this chapter has violated an ordinance of this Village and is thus included in the definition of a delinquent child under Ohio R.C. 2151.02(A).
(Ord. 401. Passed 1-2-75.)