[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the City of Monroe as Chapter 658, Sec. 658.07, of the 1995 Codified
Ordinances of Monroe; amended in its entirety 4-20-2009 by Ord. No. 09-004. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No person under 16 years of age shall be or remain in or upon the
streets, alleys or public places in the City between 10:00 p.m. and
6:00 a.m. of the following day unless such person is accompanied by
a parent, adult chaperone, guardian or other legal custodian of such
minor person.
B.
No person 16 years of age shall be or remain in or upon the streets,
alleys or public places in the City between 12:00 midnight and 6:00
a.m. unless such person is accompanied by a parent, adult chaperone,
guardian or other person having legal custody of such minor person.
C.
No person subject to compulsory school attendance, or absent from
school for a school-mandated disciplinary reason, shall be or remain
in or upon the streets, alleys or public places within the City, except
in attendance at school or at the person's place of residence,
during the hours that person is required to be in attendance at school,
as required by law, unless such person is accompanied by a parent,
adult chaperone, guardian or other person having legal custody of
such a minor person.
D.
It shall not be deemed a violation of this section for a person under
the age of 17 years to be on the streets, alleys or public places
while in the performance of an errand for his or her parent or guardian,
or promptly returning from lawful employment.
No parent, guardian or other person having legal care and custody
of any person under 17 years of age shall allow or permit any such
child, ward or other person under such age, while in his or her legal
custody, to go or be in or upon any of the streets, alleys or public
places in the City within the times prohibited in this chapter unless
there exists a reasonable necessity therefor.
A.
Each member of the police force, while on duty, is authorized to
take into custody any child found violating any of the provisions
of this chapter.
B.
The officer taking the child into custody shall investigate whether the child was in the streets, alleys and public places by a parent's or guardian's orders, or with the permission of the parent or guardian, and, if so, whether there was reasonable necessity therefor. If, after conducting said investigation, it is reasonably determined or found that the child was in the streets, alleys and public places with the parent's or guardian's orders or permission, and there was no reasonable necessity therefor, the officer shall file a complaint and warrant for the arrest of the parent or guardian for violating this section, and the parent or guardian shall be subject to the penalty provided for in § 1-27.
If, after an investigation by the officer taking a minor child into custody as provided in § 283-3A hereof, it is found that the child is incorrigible or willfully absents himself or herself from home and that the parents are unable to control such child, then an appropriate complaint shall be filed with the proper authorities under the juvenile laws of the state.