[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Hampstead 9-28-1970
by Ord. No. 150. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Public gatherings — See Ch. 103.
A.
GUARDIAN
JUVENILE
LOITER
PARENT
PLACE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
PUBLIC PLACE
As used in these regulations, unless the context requires
otherwise, the following words shall have the meanings set forth below:
Any adult person having temporary or permanent care, custody or control
of a juvenile, whether or not such person has been appointed by a court as
the guardian of such juvenile.
Any child under the age of 18 years.
To idle, stand around, tarry or wander on foot, as well as to park,
idle, wander, tarry or play in or on a motor vehicle, unless engaged in a
lawful business, education, recreational or religious activity or unless accompanied
by a parent or guardian.
Any natural parent of a juvenile or parent of a juvenile by adoption.
Any place to which the public is invited in, on or around any privately
owned place of business, any private institution or any place of amusement
or entertainment, whether or not a charge for admission or entry thereto is
made.
The area between building lines on any street, avenue or thoroughfare
and any alley, park, playground, public building, public parking lot or vacant
lot.
B.
Wherever any masculine term is used in these regulations,
the same includes the feminine.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian of a juvenile knowingly to permit such juvenile to loiter as set forth in Subsection A above.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm
or corporation owning, operating or having charge of any place open to the
public knowingly to permit any juvenile to loiter in such places between the
hours of 10:00 p.m. of any day and 5:00 a.m. of the following day.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any juvenile to loiter as set forth in § 90-2A. Any law enforcement officer authorized to make an arrest within the town finding a juvenile loitering as set forth in § 90-2A above shall warn him to desist from so loitering and direct him to proceed to his home or, for a legitimate purpose, to some other destination. A record of such contact shall be furnished to the Department of Juvenile Services of Carroll County, where it shall be confidentially maintained until the child reaches age 18, after which it shall be destroyed.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any juvenile to refuse to heed
such warning or direction by any officer or refuse to give such police officer
his correct name and address, and upon any such refusal, he may be taken into
custody by said officer for action in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations.
In addition to complying or causing compliance with the provisions of
Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland[1] pertaining to juvenile offenders, the Chief of Police of the Town of Hampstead or his designated agent, upon receipt by the Department of Juvenile Services of Carroll County of a report of contact made by a police officer pursuant to § 90-3A above, shall request that notice be given personally to the parent or guardian of said juvenile, specifying the details of such contact and the manner in which § 90-3A has been violated.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, Title
3, Subtitle 8, Juvenile Causes, of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
Every person or guardian to whom the notice provided for in § 90-3A has been given and who thereafter, within a period of 12 months from the date of said notice, permits such juvenile in his care, custody or control to loiter, as set forth in § 90-2A herein, shall be presumed knowingly to have violated § 90-2B of these regulations.
[Amended 2-16-1993 by Ord.
No. 231; 3-15-1993 by Ord.
No. 247]
Violation of any provision of these regulations shall be a municipal
infraction subject to a fine of not more than $500.
