[R.O. 2009 § 205.570]
For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases are defined as follows:
GUARDIAN
Guardian appointed by court of competent jurisdiction.
MINOR
Any person under the age of seventeen (17).
PARENT
The natural or adoptive father or mother, legal guardian or any other person having the care or custody of a minor child.
PARENTAL NEGLECT
Any act or omission by which a parent fails to exercise customary and effective control over a minor so as to contribute to, cause or tend to cause a minor to commit any offense.
[R.O. 2009 § 205.580; R.O. 2006 § 215.060; Ord. No. 135 § 1, 11-4-1963]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of seventeen (17) years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, wharves, docks, or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places, between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, official City time, except on Fridays and Saturdays, when the hours shall be 12:00 Midnight to 6:00 A.M.; provided however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to a minor accompanied by his or her parent, guardian, or other adult person, having the care and custody of the minor, or where the minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his or her parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor. Each violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate offense.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor under the age of seventeen (17) years to knowingly permit such minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, wharves, docks, or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places, between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, official City time, except on Fridays and Saturdays, when the hours shall be 12:00 Midnight to 6:00 A.M.; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply when the minor is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor, or where the minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor. Each violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate offense.
C. 
Any Police Officer finding a child violating the provisions of this Section shall warn the child to desist immediately from such violation and shall promptly report the violation to his/her superior officer who shall cause a written notice to be served upon the parent, guardian, or person in charge of such child, setting forth the manner in which this Section has been violated. No parent, guardian, or person in charge of such child shall knowingly permit such child again to violate the provisions of this Section after receiving notice of the first violation.
[R.O. 2009 § 205.590; R.O. 2006 § 230.070; Ord. No. 2726 § 1, 3-21-2005]
A. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following words and phrases are defined as follows:
CRIMINAL ACT
An act which violates the Statutes of the United States, the Statutes of the State of Missouri or the ordinances of the City of Fenton, Missouri, including moving traffic violations.
MINOR
Any person under the age of seventeen (17).
PARENT
Mother, father, legal guardian or any person having the care or custody of a minor.
B. 
No parent shall knowingly permit, encourage, aid or cause a minor to commit a criminal act, nor shall a parent engage in any conduct which could be injurious to the minor's morals or health. No parent shall fail to exercise customary and effective control over a minor so as to contribute to, cause or tend to cause a minor to commit a criminal act.
C. 
Notification Of Responsibility.
1. 
Whenever a minor shall be arrested or detained for the commission of any criminal act within the City, the Police Department shall immediately notify in writing the minor's parent of the arrest or detention and shall advise the parent of his or her responsibility under this Section.
2. 
A record of said notifications shall be kept by the Police Department.
D. 
Written parental notice as defined in Subsection (C) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of parental neglect if the minor commits a second (2nd) or successive violation of any criminal act. Each violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate offense.
[R.O. 2009 § 205.595; Ord. No. 3142 § 1, 6-24-2010]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for a parent or guardian to permit a child of at least one (1) year of age and who has not reached the age of seventeen (17) to operate or be a passenger on a bicycle, a scooter, roller skates, roller blades or a skateboard unless the child shall wear protective headgear which properly fits and is fastened securely upon the head of the operator or passenger. The headgear shall meet or exceed the impact standards for protective bicycle helmets set by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, the American National Standards Institute, the Snell Memorial Foundation or the American Society of Testing and Materials.
B. 
Every person reasonably believed by a Law Enforcement Officer to have violated the provisions of this Section shall be issued a notice of violation. The notice of violation shall advise persons to whom it is issued of the items set out in Subsection (A) hereof and of the dangers to children under the age of seventeen (17) associated with operating bicycles without protective headgear. The Chief of Police shall keep and maintain records of all persons issued a notice of violation under this Section. Any person receiving more than two (2) notices of violation in a twelve (12) month period shall be subject to prosecution in Municipal Court.
C. 
Every person convicted of a violation of this Section shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars ($10.00).