[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg 1-4-2010 by Ord. No.
2009-14.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch.
48, Curfew, adopted 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 95-007, as amended.
A.
This chapter shall be known as the "Federalsburg Juvenile Curfew
Ordinance."
B.
CURFEW HOURS
EMERGENCY
ESTABLISHMENT
GUARDIAN
PUBLIC PLACE
(1)
(2)
REMAIN
In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
12:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m.
A sudden or unexpected happening or an unforeseen combination
of circumstances that calls for immediate action to protect the health,
safety, welfare, or property of an individual from actual or threatened
harm or from an unlawful act.
A privately owned place of business operated for a profit
to which the public is invited.
A person who is appointed by a court as a guardian of a minor.
A place to which the general public has access and a right
to resort for business, entertainment, or other lawful purpose. "Public
place" includes:
A public street, sidewalk, alley, highway, and right-of-way
of a public street or highway; and
The common areas of a transport facility, school, hospital,
apartment building, office building, shopping center, park, playground,
parking lot, theater, restaurant, bowling alley, tavern, cafe, arcade,
and shops.
To linger or stay unnecessarily in a public place; or to
fail to leave the premises of an establishment or public place when
asked by a local law enforcement officer or employee of the establishment
or public place.
A.
A
minor may not remain in a public place or on the premises of an establishment
within the local jurisdiction during curfew hours.
B.
A
parent or guardian of a minor may not knowingly allow the minor to
remain in a public place or on the premises of an establishment within
the local jurisdiction during curfew hours.
C.
The
owner, operator, or employee of an establishment may not knowingly
allow a minor to remain on the premises of the establishment within
the local jurisdiction during curfew hours.
The provisions of § 48-2 shall not apply to a minor who is:
A.
Accompanied
by the minor's parent or guardian;
B.
Performing
an errand at the direction of the minor's parent or guardian,
without a detour or stop, until 12:30 a.m.;
C.
Accompanied
by a person at least 18 years of age and authorized by the minor's
parent or guardian to have temporary care or custody of the minor
for a designated period of time within a specified area;
D.
With consent of the minor's parent or guardian, involved in
interstate travel through the local jurisdiction or beginning or ending
in the local jurisdiction;
E.
Engaged in legal employment activity or is going to or returning
home from a legal employment activity, without a detour or stop;
F.
Involved in an emergency;
G.
On the property where the minor resides or on the sidewalk abutting
the minor's residence or abutting the residence of a next-door
neighbor, if the adult resident of that property has given permission
for the minor's presence;
H.
Attending or returning directly home from, without a detour or stop
and within one hour before or after the end of:
I.
Exercising First Amendment rights under the United States Constitution,
if the minor has first submitted to the chief of the local law enforcement
agency a written communication that;
J.
Remaining in a public place in a case of reasonable necessity if
the minor's parent or guardian has communicated to the chief
of the local law enforcement agency facts:
A.
If
a law enforcement officer reasonably believes that a minor is in a
public place or on the premises of an establishment in violation of
this chapter, the officer shall:
(1)
Notify the minor that the minor is in violation of the Town's
Juvenile Curfew Ordinance;
(2)
Require the minor to tell the officer the minor's name, address,
telephone, number, and where to contact the minor's parent or
guardian;
(3)
Issue the minor a written warning that the minor is in violation
of the Juvenile Curfew Ordinance; and
(4)
Order the minor to promptly go home.
B.
The
chief of the local law enforcement agency shall send written notice
of the violation of the Juvenile Curfew Ordinance to the minor's
parent or guardian.
C.
The local law enforcement agency may take the minor:
(1)
To the minor's home, if appropriate; or
(2)
Into custody and transport the minor to a local law enforcement station
or designated curfew center when:
(a)
The minor has received one previous written warning for a violation
of the Juvenile Curfew Ordinance;
(b)
The local law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to
believe that the minor has committed a delinquent act; or
(c)
Taking the minor into custody is authorized under the Maryland
Code Annotated Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, § 3-814.
D.
When a minor is taken into custody for a violation of this chapter,
the law enforcement officer shall:
E.
When a parent or guardian arrives at the local law enforcement station as a result of Subsection D of this section, and the appropriate information is recorded, the minor shall be released to the custody of the parent or guardian.
F.
If the minor is taken into custody and the parent or guardian cannot
be located or fails to take charge of the minor, then the minor shall
be released to the local department of social services, the department
of juvenile justice, or to another adult who will, on behalf to the
parent or guardian, assume the responsibility of caring for the minor
pending the availability or arrival of the parent or guardian.
G.
A person who violates this chapter (including a minor, parent or guardian of a minor, and/or an owner, operator or employee of an establishment) shall be deemed to have committed a municipal infraction, and in accordance with § 1-10 of the Federalsburg Town Code, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of $100 for the first offense and in such amounts established by § 1-10 for each subsequent offense. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.