[Amended 10-6-1956 by Ord. No. 157; 1-5-1965 by Ord. No. 181]
From and after the enactment of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for
any minor under eighteen (18) years of age to be in any public place or on
any public street, road, alley or sidewalk within the Township of Patterson
from the hours of 11:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. (and the hour of 11:00 p.m. shall
be known as the "curfew time" in said township) unless said minor is in the
immediate company of an adult person. The time so designated shall be Eastern
Standard Time when that time is in effect in the township and shall be Eastern
Daylight Saving Time when that time is in effect in the township.
[Amended 10-6-1956 by Ord. No. 157; 1-5-1965 by Ord. No. 181]
It shall be unlawful for any parent or parents to allow any of their
minor children under the age of eighteen (18) to be in any public place, street,
road, alley or sidewalk within the Township of Patterson between the hours
of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless said minor is in the immediate company
of an adult person having supervision over said minor.
This chapter, known as the "Curfew Ordinance," shall not apply so long
as a minor is in the process of traveling immediately from a public, school
or church function to his home, but shall apply if said minor shall fail to
immediately go home from said public or school function.
[Amended 10-6-1956 by Ord. No. 157; 1-6-1965 by Ord. No. 181; 7-11-1972
by Ord. No. 215]
If any minor shall violate the terms of this chapter and shall be found
in a public place as set forth above after the hour of 11:00 p.m. at night,
set forth herein as "curfew time," then it shall be the duty of the police
of the township to take said minor into custody and return said minor to his
home, whereupon the parents of said minor shall be fined a sum of not more
than six hundred dollars ($600.) plus costs of prosecution and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned in the county jail
for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days.