[Adopted 11-19-1963 by Ord. No. 246 (Ch. 41 of the 1973 Borough Code)]
[Amended 1-2-1973; 12-16-1975; 3-11-2004 by Ord. No. 722]
It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of 18, regardless
of his place of residence, to ride, loiter, run through, wander, stroll
through or remain on or about any of the streets, highways, roads,
roadways, alleys, parks or other areas, or in any quasi-public place
or in any other place open to the public, in the Borough of Mount
Ephraim, either on foot or by any form of conveyance, after the hour
of 10:00 p.m., prevailing time, and before 6:00 a.m., prevailing time,
except on Friday and Saturday, when the hours shall be fixed between
11:00 p.m., prevailing time and before 6:00 a.m., prevailing time,
unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian or some duly authorized
and accredited custodian at least 21 years of age who exercises such
control of said minor with the consent of parents or legal guardian,
except as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 1-2-1973]
It shall be unlawful for any parent, legal guardian or duly authorized and accredited custodian, as defined in §
140-1, having lawful custody of any minor under the age of 18 years, to allow or permit any such minor to ride, loiter, run through, wander, stroll through or remain on or about any of the streets, highways, roads, roadways, alleys, parks or other areas, or in any quasi-public place or in any other place open to the public, in the Borough of Mount Ephraim, in violation of §
140-1 of this article, except as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 1-2-1973]
It shall be unlawful for the owner and/or operator of any quasi-public or any other place open to the public in the Borough of Mount Ephraim to suffer or permit any minor under the age of 18 years to remain on or about such premises in violation of §
140-1 of this article.
[Amended 1-2-1973]
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any minor who shall be gainfully and lawfully employed, or who shall be a bona fide evening student of any school, college or university of evening instruction, or who shall be in attendance at any evening function sponsored by a religious or school organization, or who shall be on an errand as set forth in §
140-5, during the time necessarily required to travel between such minor's residence and any of the aforesaid places at a given time; provided, however, that the parent, legal guardian or other duly authorized and accredited custodian must at all times be ready to account for the travel period allowed hereunder and be responsible for the unforeseen incidents if a minor under 18 years of age shall wander off the safest and most direct route of travel between the said minor's residence and any of the aforesaid places.
[Amended 1-2-1973]
Should an emergency arise necessitating a minor under the age of 18 years being dispatched on an errand requiring his acting in violation of §
140-1, the acts otherwise constituting a violation shall not be a violation if said minor shall have in his possession a writing signed by a parent or legal guardian or some duly authorized and accredited custodian of at least 21 years of age, stating the nature of the errand, the necessity therefor, the place or destination at which the mission is to be accomplished and the approximate times between which the errand is to be performed.
Every member of the Police Department of the Borough of Mount
Ephraim and all other officials of the Borough charged with law enforcement
within said Borough are hereby authorized, empowered, directed and
commanded to vigorously enforce the provisions of this article, and
it shall be a part of their official duty and obligation to the Board
of Commissioners and the public at large to enforce said provisions.
[Amended 1-2-1973]
For the purposes of §
140-7, knowledge of a violation by a minor under the age of 18 years, or consent thereto by any parent, guardian, custodian (as defined in §
140-1) or any other person (described in §
140-3), shall be in no way a part of the violation of this article by such persons, nor shall proof thereof be necessary in any judicial proceeding based thereon, but the doing of the violation by the minor and the existence of any relationship, described in any section hereof, between the minor-violator and the person being charged, shall be in itself a violation hereof and warrant the imposition of all the sanctions hereof.
For the purpose of this article, the terms used herein are defined
as follows:
APPREHENDING OFFICER
The person or official who was first informed of or discovered
the whereabouts of the minor child standing in violation of this article.
LOITER
To linger, loaf, lounge, loll, dally, trifle, lag, slouch
or poke or fritter away time without good cause.
[Adopted 7-5-2007 by Ord.
No. 08-07]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
DAWN
The first appearance of sunlight in the morning.
DUSK
The time of day immediately following sunset.
All persons are prohibited from using and/or remaining in or
upon public parks located in the Borough of Mount Ephraim from dusk
until dawn.
Any person found in violation of §
140-12 shall, upon conviction thereof, be required to perform community service, or subject to the penalty provisions contained in Chapter
305, Penalties.