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. 2013 §210.595; CC §77.060; CC 1991 §245.060]
A. Should
the minor identify himself/herself as a non-resident of the City,
the Police Officer shall check to see if the minor has been found
present in or on a public street, park, square or other public place
within the previous three (3) months.
1. If there is no record of the minor being found present in or on a
public street, park, square or other public place within the previous
three (3) months, the Police Officer shall inform the minor in question
of this Article and shall escort him/her to the place within the municipal
jurisdiction of the City at which he/she is staying. If the minor
is a transient who intends to leave the City before the next morning,
the minor shall be detained and the parent or legal guardian of that
minor shall be informed that the minor will be detained if desired
until the parent or legal guardian, or the designee of the parent
or legal guardian, arrives to claim said minor. If the parent or legal
guardian of the transient minor so requests, the Police Officer shall
release the minor and escort him/her out of the corporate limits of
this City.
2. If the non-resident minor has been found present in or on a public street, park, square or other public place within the previous three (3) months, the officer shall follow the procedure for transient minors as found in Subsection
(1) of this Section, except that the minor shall not be released until claimed by a parent or legal guardian or the designee of the parent or legal guardian.