[Adopted 8-13-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008]
During the evening hours of October 30 and October
31 between the hours 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the following day,
it shall be unlawful for any minor to congregate, loiter. wander,
remain or play in or upon any public place, public park, public area,
street, road or highway in the Town, subject to the exceptions set
forth in this article.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
MINOR
Any person under the age of 18 years.
REMAIN and LOITER
B.
Fail to leave the premises when requested to
do so by a police officer, owner, operator or other person in control
or the premises.
Subject to the exceptions set forth in this
article, it shall be unlawful for the parent or legal guardian of
any minor under the age of 18 years to knowingly, or negligently by
insufficient control, allow such minor to congregate, loiter, wander
or play in or upon any public place in the Town of Pleasant Valley
between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the following day
on October 30 and October 31.
Exceptions shall be as follows:
A. When a minor is accompanied by his or her parent or
legal guardian.
B. When the minor is accompanied by an adult authorized
by the parent or legal guardian of the minor.
C. When the minor is on the sidewalk abutting the minor's
residence, or is on the sidewalk or the area abutting either next-door
neighbor, which neighbor has not communicated an objection to any
police agency or an officer thereof.
D. When the minor is traveling in a direct route to his
or her residence from employment and carries a signed statement from
the employer briefly identifying the minor, the address of the minor's
place of employment, the name and title of the minor's employer who
signed the statement and the minor's hours of employment.
E. When the minor is traveling in a direct route to his
or her residence from an adult-supervised or adult-sponsored religious,
school, civic, not-for-profit, recreational or entertainment activity.
F. When the minor is in a motor vehicle with parental
or legal guardian consent for normal travel; interstate travel beginning
or ending in the Town of Pleasant Valley is excepted.
G. When the minor is upon an emergency errand.
H. When the minor is attending or traveling in a direct
route to and from an activity involving the exercise of First Amendment
rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free
exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly.
Such minor shall evidence the intention of such exercise by exhibiting
to the Town enforcement officials a written statement signed by such
minor and countersigned by a parent or legal guardian of such minor,
with their home address and telephone number, specifying when, where
and in what manner said minor will be in a public place at night (during
the hours when this article is otherwise applicable to said minor)
in the exercise of a First Amendment right specified in such statement.