No parent having legal custody of a minor by inefficient control shall permit or by inefficient control allow such minor to be or remain upon any Borough street under circumstances not constituting an exception to or otherwise beyond the scope of this article. The term "knowingly" includes knowledge which a parent should reasonably be expected to have concerning the whereabouts of a minor in that parent's legal custody. It is intended to continue to keep neglectful or careless parents up to a reasonable community standard of parental responsibility through an objective test. It shall, a fortiori, be no defense that a parent was completely indifferent to the activities or conduct or whereabouts of such minor.
(Ord. 2028. Passed 10-15-79.)