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.
[Ord. No. 1410 §§1 — 3, 1-8-2009]
A. it
shall be unlawful for any juvenile, aged eighteen (18) years or younger
and suspended from school, to loiter in public within the City of
Pagedale, Missouri, including, but not limited to, all public streets,
parks, playgrounds and businesses located within the City of Pagedale,
Missouri, unless accompanied by an adult relative.
B. Any
person convicted of violating the provisions of this Section shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
C. Responsibility Of Parent. The parent, guardian or other
adult person having the care and custody of a person under the age
of eighteen (18) years shall not knowingly permit such person to violate
this Section.
D. Notice To Parent. Any Police Officer finding any person
under the age of eighteen (18) years violating the provisions of this
Section shall warn such person 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 person, setting forth the manner in which
this Section has been violated. Any parent, guardian or person in
charge of such person who shall knowingly permit such person to violate
the provisions of this Section, after receiving notice of the first
(1st) violation, shall be guilty of an misdemeanor offense.
E. Service Of Notice. The written notice provided for herein
may be served by leaving a copy thereof at the residence of such parent,
guardian or person in charge of the person in violation of this Section
with any person found at such residence over the age of eighteen (18)
years, or by mailing such notice to the last-known address of such
parent, guardian or person in charge of such person, wherever such
person may be found.
F. Violation
of this Section shall subject parents and guardians to punishment
by fine up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or incarceration
of up to ninety (90) days.