[CC 1987 §265.240; Ord. No. 365 §1, 8-23-1955; Ord. No. 08-11 §1, 9-23-2008; Ord. No. 12-5 §1, 8-14-2012]
A. From
and after the adoption and approval of this Section, it shall be unlawful
for the children under the age of eighteen (18) years of either sex
to be on or about the streets, highways, sidewalks or public places
of the City of Northwoods between 8:30 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on Friday
and Saturday nights and between 8:30 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on all other
nights of the week unless in a bona fide search of a physician or
unless accompanied by their parents, legally appointed guardian or
other authorized adult custodian of such minors.
B. The provisions of Subsection
(A) shall not apply to minors having a permit issued by the Police Department of the City of Northwoods, Missouri, authorizing him/her to be upon the public streets, highways, sidewalks and in public places of the City of Northwoods during such hours for legitimate purposes.
C. Every parent, guardian, or other persons having legal custody of a child under the age of eighteen (18) years is hereby forbidden to allow or permit such child to be on or about the streets, highways, sidewalks or other public places of the City of Northwoods between the hours prohibited in Subsection
(A) hereof, unless accompanied by such parent, guardian or other persons having legal custody of such minor child or unless such minor child shall fall within the exceptions provided by Subsections
(A) and
(B) hereof.
D. Notice To Parent. Any Law Enforcement Officer finding any
person under the age of eighteen (18) years violating the provisions
of this Section shall warn such person to desist immediately from
such violation and shall promptly report the violation to his/her
superior officer who shall cause a written notice to be served upon
the parent, guardian or person in charge of such person setting forth
the manner in which this Section has been violated. Any parent, guardian
or person in charge of such person who shall knowingly permit such
person to violate the provisions of this Section, after receiving
notice of the first (1st) violation, shall be guilty of an offense
under Section 210.21980, and such minor child or children shall be
arrested and turned over to the juvenile authorities of the County
of St. Louis for prosecution for violation of this Section in accordance
with the laws of the State of Missouri.
E. Daytime Curfew. It shall be unlawful for persons under the
age of eighteen (18) years and older than the age of six (6) years,
who are suspended, expelled, or dropped out from school, to not be
present either at school, home, or at a job during the hours of 6:00
A.M. to 3:00 P.M. on any day in which school is in session, unless
accompanied by an adult relative.
F. Truancy Enforced.
1. No parent, guardian, or other person in this City having charge,
control or custody of a child from the ages of seven (7) to seventeen
(17) years of age shall, without excuse or exemption, knowingly permit
said child to absent herself/himself from attendance at a public,
private, parochial, parish or home school on such dates, and during
such hours, as the school may be regularly in session.
2. Such parent, guardian, or other person shall be deemed to have knowledge of a child's unexcused absence from school after having received notification, as provided for in Subsections
(D) and
(H) below, of same from a Police Officer or school representative.
G. Responsibility Of Parent. The parent, guardian or other
adult person having the care and custody of a person under the age
of eighteen (18) years shall not knowingly permit such person to violate
this Section.
H. Service Of Notice. The written notice provided in Subsection
(F) may be served by leaving a copy thereof at the residence of such parent, guardian or person in charge of the person in violation of this Section with any person found at such residence over the age of seventeen (17) years or by mailing such notice to the last known address of such parent, guardian or person in charge of such person, wherever such person may be found.
[Ord. No. 08-12 §1, 10-28-2008; Ord. No. 12-5 §2, 8-14-2012]
A. Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following
words and phrases are defined as follows:
CRIMINAL ACT
An act which violates the Statutes of the United States,
the Statutes of the State of Missouri or the ordinances of the City
of Northwoods, Missouri, including moving traffic violations.
MINOR
Any person under the age of seventeen (17).
PARENT
Mother, father, a legal guardian or any person having the
care or custody of a minor or student.
STUDENT
Any person under the age of eighteen (18) enrolled in a primary
or secondary education institution or home school.
B. No
parent shall knowingly permit, encourage, aid or cause a minor or
student to commit a criminal act nor engage in any conduct which could
be injurious to the minor's or student's morals or health. No parent
shall fail to exercise customary and effective control over a minor
or student so as to allow, contribute to, cause or tend to cause a
minor or student to commit a criminal act.
C. Notification Of Responsibility.
1. Whenever a minor or student shall be arrested or detained for the
commission of any criminal act within the City of Northwoods, Missouri,
the Police Department shall immediately notify, in writing, the minor's
or student's parent of the arrest or detention and shall advise the
parent of his/her responsibility under this Section and such parent
shall appear in the said Police Department within forty-eight (48)
hours after such notice.
2. A record of said notifications shall be kept by the Police Department.
3. A parent receiving notification pursuant to this Section may elect to pre-emptively seek interventions available under Subsection
(E) of this Section. Successful compliance with an appropriate intervention will void the notification which cannot thereafter be used as prima facie evidence under Subsection
(D) of this Section.
D. Written parental notice as defined in Subsection
(C) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of parental neglect if the minor or student commits a second (2nd) or successive violation of any criminal act. Each violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate offense. Any person who shall violate this Section shall be punished as provided in Section
100.100. Before punishment as provided in Section
100.100 is imposed, the person found guilty of violating the provisions of this Section must be offered either a Suspended Imposition of Sentence (SIS) or Suspended Execution of Sentence (SES) of up to one (1) year that requires mandatory compliance with interventions as set out in Subsection
(E) of this Section. In addition, the court may, as a condition of any probation granted to any parent found guilty of violating this Section, order the defendant to make restitution to any person who has been damaged by the misconduct of the minor or student in an amount not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000.00).
E. Mandatory Interventions To Be Imposed Under Probation.
1. For violations of this Section, the court may impose one (1) or more
of the following interventions:
a. Assessment related to mental and emotional health and compliance
with therapeutic program related to same;
b. Assessment related to need for social service resources and compliance
with recommendations made by case worker related to same;
c. Assessment related to substance abuse and compliance with treatment
program related to same;
d. Assessment related to employment status and compliance with a recommended
course of action to increase the prospects of employment to include
enrollment in either a school, a vocational training program, or other
jobs training program;
e. Monitoring of the minor's/student's academic and behavioral performance;
f. Any other intervention the court deems necessary to effectuate the
purposes of this Section.
2. Coordination with educational institutions.
a. The court, court officers, and relevant court personnel shall coordinate
the intervention efforts with Normandy School District's liaison to
the City's Municipal Court, or comparable personnel from other school
districts as are necessary. The court may order compliance with interventions
submitted by district personnel.
b. School district personnel may provide compliance reports for the
court's use in ascertaining whether defendants are satisfying the
terms of probation. The court must request the compliance reports
and take them into consideration for purposes of terminating, revoking,
or extending the probation term.
[Ord. No. 92-2 §§1 —
4, 4-28-1992]
A. It
shall be unlawful for any person under the age of nineteen (19) to
own, possess and/or use any type of paint, whether aerosol or any
other type of paint.
B. It
shall be unlawful for any person under the age of nineteen (19) to
use any type of paint to make any type of markings on any street,
building, sign, automobile and/or personal or real property of any
type. Nothing in this Section shall make it unlawful for a person
under the age of nineteen (19) to use or possess any type of paint
when performing any type of trade or occupation and/or when using
any type of paint under the lawful direction of his/her parent.
C. It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, give
and/or deliver any type of paint to any person under the age of nineteen
(19).