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Cross Reference: As to alcohol-related offenses involving minors, § 600.060.
[R.O. 2004 § 235.330; Ord. No. 09-09, 3-10-2009]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
CURFEW HOURS
1. 
11:00 P.M. on any Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday until 5:00 A.M. of the following day.
2. 
12:30 A.M. on any Friday and Saturday until 5:00 A.M. of the following day.
EMERGENCY
An unforeseen combination of circumstances of the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to, a fire, a natural disaster or automobile accident.
ESTABLISHMENT
Any privately owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including, but not limited to, any place of amusement or entertainment.
GUARDIAN
1. 
A person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor.
2. 
A public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court.
MINOR
Any person under seventeen (17) years of age.
PARENT
Either a natural parent or a parent by adoption.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities and shops.
RESPONSIBLE ADULT
Any person twenty-one (21) years of age or over.
B. 
Offenses.
1. 
A minor commits the offense of curfew violation if he/she is in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the corporate limits of the City Weldon Spring during curfew hours.
2. 
A parent or guardian of a minor commits the offense of allowing a minor to commit curfew violation if he/she knowingly permits, or by criminal negligence allows, the minor in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the corporate limits of the City of Weldon Spring during curfew hours.
C. 
Exceptions. An offense is not committed under Subsection (B) if the minor was:
1. 
Accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian or other responsible adult to whom a parent or guardian has expressly given permission to accompany the minor.
2. 
Engaged in an employment activity or going to or returning home from employment activity without any detour or stop.
3. 
Attending an official school, religious or recreational activity supervised by adults or going to or returning home from same without any detour or stop.
4. 
Acting in an emergency situation.
D. 
Notice To Parent, Guardian Or Other Adult Person. Any Deputy Police Officer finding a minor violating the provision of Subsection (B) of this Section shall be served a written notice upon the parent, guardian or adult person having custody or control of said minor setting forth the manner in which Subsection (B) of this Section was violated and liabilities for said parent, guardian or adult person upon subsequent violations of Subsection (B) by the minor.
E. 
Penalties And Enforcement.
1. 
Any minor violating the provision of this Section shall be dealt with in accordance with the laws and procedures applicable to minors.
2. 
Any parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor who violates this Section after having been previously warned of said violation pursuant to Subsection (D) of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day a violation occurs or continues.
3. 
Any parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor who violates this Section after having been previously charged and found guilty of violating this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the St. Charles County Jail for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or be both fined and imprisoned. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day a violation occurs or continues.
4. 
Enforcement of this Section as such may be required against a parent, guardian or other adult person having custody or control of any minor shall be the responsibility of the City Prosecutor.
[R.O. 2004 § 235.960; Ord. No. 12-07 §§ 2 — 3, 6-28-2012]
A. 
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Weldon Spring, Missouri hereby prohibits any owner, occupant, or other person or legal entity with a lawful right to the exclusive use and enjoyment of any property who knowingly allows a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to drink or possess intoxicating liquor or beer or knowingly fails to stop a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years from drinking or possessing intoxicating liquor or beer on such property, unless such person allowing the person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to drink or possess intoxicating liquor or beer is his/her parent or legal guardian, is guilty of an ordinance violation.
B. 
Violation of this Section shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.