[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Castleton-on-Hudson 1-10-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and shall be cited as the "Village
of Castleton-on-Hudson Curfew Law for Children Under the Age of 18
Years."
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases
and words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
Includes both male and female children under the age of 18
years.
Includes all territory within the corporate limits of the
Village of Castleton-on-Hudson.
No child under the age of 18 years shall be in or on any streets,
parks or public places of the Village of Castleton-on-Hudson in the
nighttime between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., local time,
on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays, unless such child is accompanied by his or her parent,
guardian or relative or other person over the age of 21 years authorized
by a child's parent or guardian to have legal care or control
of such child.
No parent, guardian or relative or other person over the age
of 21 years authorized by the child's parent or guardian to have
legal care or control of such child shall allow or permit any such
child under the age of 18 years and in his or her custody to be in
or upon any of the streets, parks or public places of the Village
of Castleton-on-Hudson in the nighttime between the hours of 10:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m., local time, unless such child is accompanied by
his or her parent, guardian or relative or other person over the age
of 21 years authorized by the child's parent or guardian to have
legal care or control of such child.
The Village of Board of Trustees of the Village of Castleton-on-Hudson shall
have the power to grant extensions of this curfew to children under
the age of 18 years to be in or upon the streets, parks or public
places after the designated hour to attend such functions as the Board
may authorize. Appropriate passes will be issued to children granted
such extensions. These passes shall be given to the sponsor of the
function, who shall issue them to the children actually present at
the function and not before. The passes shall state the name of the
function, the sponsor, the date and the time to which the curfew is
extended.
The Village Board of Trustees shall have the authority to exempt
from the provisions of this chapter persons whose employment requires
them to be in or upon the streets, parks or public places after the
designated hour. Such persons shall be issued identifications cards,
upon application to the Police Department, stating the name of the
person's employer and the hour to which the curfew shall be extended.
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall subject
the parents, guardians or other persons legally responsible for the
offending party to a penalty of a maximum fine of $250 or imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or both, for each offense.
