(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LEGAL GUARDIAN. A person appointed guardian or given custody of a minor by any court of the state or of the United States, but does not include a person appointed guardian or given custody of a minor pursuant to the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1987, being 705 ILCS 405, or similar acts.
MINOR. Any person who is above the age of ten years, but not yet 17 years of age.
(B) A parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated minor residing with such parent or guardian shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have failed to exercise proper parental responsibility, and said minor shall be deemed to have committed the acts described along with the knowledge and permission of the parent or guardian, in violation of this section, upon the occurrence of the events described in divisions (B)(1), (B)(2), and (B)(3) below:
(1) An unemancipated minor residing with parent or legal guardian shall either be adjudicated to be in violation of any ordinance, law, or statute prohibiting willful and malicious acts causing injury to a person or property, or shall have incurred non-judicial sanctions from another official agency resulting from an admission of guilt of violation of any ordinance, law, or statute prohibiting willful and malicious acts causing injury to a person or property;
(2) Said parent or legal guardian shall have received a written notice thereof, either by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, with a certificate of personal service return from the Police Department of the city following said adjudication or non-judicial sanctions; and
(3) If at any time within one year following receipt of the notice set forth in division (B)(2) above, said minor is either adjudicated to be in violation of any ordinance, law, or statute, as described in division (B)(1) above, or shall have incurred a non-judicial sanction from another official agency resulting from an admission of guilt of violation of any ordinance, law, or state as described in division (B)(1) above.
(C) Any person convicted of the violation of the provision of this section shall be guilty of a crime and shall be fined an amount as specified in § 130.99.
(Prior Code, § 130.11) (Ord. 80-5, passed 5-6-1980; Ord. 10-18, passed 9-7-2010) Penalty, see § 130.99