[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Leetsdale 12-8-1971
by Ord. No. 409. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-13-1982 by Ord. No. 459]
Within this chapter, the following words shall be construed so as to
have the following meanings:
That period between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Eastern
standard time or daylight savings time, whichever may apply at the time in
question.
Any privately owned place of business, any place of amusement or
entertainment to which the public is invited and any similar place.
Any person less than 18 years of age. For the purpose of this chapter,
any person shall be deemed to be 18 years of age on the date of his or her
18th birthday and not before that time.
Any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation, owning,
operating, managing or conducting any establishment, and whenever used in
any clause prescribing a penalty, the word "operator" as applied to an association
or partnership shall include the members, officers, and managers, thereof
or any of them, and as applied to corporations, shall include the officers
and managers thereof or any of them.
The natural parent or guardian responsible for the custody of any
minor.
The Police Department of the Borough of Leetsdale, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania.
Any public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground, vacant
lot, public building, railway station, bus terminal or similar place.
To loiter, idle, wander, stroll, play or be.
It shall be unlawful for any minor to remain in or upon any public place
or establishment in the Borough of Leetsdale after hours unless accompanied
by a parent or on an errand or other legitimate business directed by a parent
or unless engaged in gainful, lawful employment after hours, in which case
said minor shall carry written identification and evidence of employment.
It shall be unlawful for any operator of a business establishment knowingly
to permit any minor to remain in or upon the premises of said establishment
after hours.
Each violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a
separate offense.
A.
Any police officer who finds a minor violating any provisions
of this chapter shall endeavor to obtain the name, age, date of birth and
address of the minor and the names of the minor's parents. The minor shall,
at the discretion of the police officer, be brought to the police station
and the parents notified, or shall be taken or instructed to proceed directly
to his home. The information obtained from the minor, together with a full
report, shall be transmitted to the Mayor who shall cause a written notice
to be delivered, mailed or otherwise, to the parents of the minor advising
them of the violation of this chapter. A record of all violations shall be
kept. The police officer so acting shall use his discretion in determining
age, and in doubtful cases may bring the minor into the Police Station until
satisfactory proof of age is furnished.
B.
Where the minor is not a resident of the Borough of Leetsdale,
the Police Department shall forward a copy of the report and such additional
data as the Police Department may deem helpful in the handling of the case
to the Police Department of the municipality where the minor resides.
[Amended 10-13-1982 by Ord. No. 459; 10-9-1991
by Ord. No. 497]
A.
Any parent who shall permit a minor to violate provisions
of this chapter after having received notice of a prior violation shall, after
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25, and in default of payment thereof,
shall undergo imprisonment in the Allegheny County Jail for a period not exceeding
24 hours; however, for any subsequent conviction thereafter, said parent shall
be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $600 and costs, or in default of
payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed
30 days.
B.
Any operator who shall violate this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof for the first offense, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25
and in default of payment thereof shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment
in the Allegheny County Jail for a period of not more than five days; however,
for any subsequent conviction thereafter, said operator shall be sentenced
to pay a fine not exceeding $600 and costs, or in default of payment thereof,
shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
C.
If any minor, operator, or parent violates this chapter
more than three times, the Police Department shall send to the Juvenile Probation
Office of Allegheny County, the data on these violations together with such
other data as the Police Department may deem to be helpful in the handling
of the case. In the event the minor involved in three violations is no longer
a resident of Allegheny County, then the Police Department shall forward said
data to that department of government or organization which corresponds to
the Allegheny County Juvenile Department and which department of government
or organization is situate in the county where said juvenile then resides.
The Mayor of the Borough of Leetsdale or in his absence the designated
police officer of the Borough of Leetsdale is authorized to extend the curfew
hour for special occasions. When the Mayor of the Borough of Leetsdale or
the designated police officer of the Borough grants such extension of time,
then the date, hour, and if applicable, the place of such extension shall
be clearly set forth by written promulgation. Such extension of time shall
not be construed to extend beyond the limits as set forth in such promulgation.
