The Penndel Borough Council finds that:
A. An emergency has been created by a substantial increase in the number
and in the seriousness of crimes committed by minors against persons
and property within the Borough, and this has created a menace to
the preservation of public peace, safety, health, morals and welfare.
B. The increase in juvenile delinquency has been caused in part by the
large numbers of minors who are permitted to remain in public places
and in certain establishments during night hours without adult supervision.
C. The problem of juvenile delinquency can be reduced by regulating
the hours during which minors may remain in public places and in certain
establishments without adult supervision and by imposing certain duties
and responsibilities upon the parents or other adult persons who have
care and custody of minors.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ESTABLISHMENT
Any privately owned place of business carried on for a profit
or any place of amusement or entertainment to which the public is
invited.
MINOR
Any person under the age of 18 years.
OPERATOR
Any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation
operating, managing or conducting any establishment. Whenever used
in any clause prescribing a penalty, the term "operator" as applied
to associations or partnerships shall include the members or partners
thereof and, as applied to a corporation, shall include the officers
thereof.
PARENT
Any natural parent of a minor, a guardian or any adult person
21 years of age or older responsible for the care and custody of a
minor.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any public street, highway, road, park, playground, public
building, vacant lot or parking areas open to the general public.
REMAIN
To loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon.
No operator of an establishment or his agent or employee shall
knowingly permit any minor to remain upon the premises of said establishment
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day,
official time, except that on Fridays and Saturdays the hours shall
be from 12:00 midnight to 6:00 a.m.