This Chapter
175, Curfew, prescribing, in accordance with prevailing community standards, regulations for the conduct of minors on streets at night; for the protection of younger children in the Dalton Borough from each other and from other persons on the street during nighttime hours; for the enforcement of parental control and responsibility for their children; for the protection of the public from nocturnal mischief by minors; and for the reduction of the incidents of juvenile criminal activity, all for the good of minors, for the furtherance of family responsibility, and for the public good, safety and welfare.
No parent, guardian or custodian of a minor shall allow or permit such minor to remain in or upon any public place or any establishment in violation of §
175-3.
No operator of an establishment or the operator's agent or employee shall allow or permit such minor to remain in or upon any public place or any establishment in violation of §
175-3.
Any minor found upon the street, alleys, parks or public places within the Dalton Borough in violation of §
175-3 shall be taken into custody by the Dalton police or legally deputized individual, be delivered to his parent(s), guardian or person having the legal custody of said minor, and be given a copy of this chapter. A report shall be filed and kept in a book for that specific purpose. If said parent, guardian or person having the legal custody of said minor shall again allow the minor to be on the streets, alleys, parks or public places in violation of §
175-3, said parent, guardian, or person having the legal custody of said minor so offending shall, upon the second offense, be called along with the offender and be so advised once again as to the penalty provisions contained in this chapter. Upon the third violation, said parent, guardian or person will be cited for the violation.
Any minor who shall violate this chapter more than three times may, at the discretion of the proper Dalton officials, be reported to a society or organization, the purpose of which is to take charge of incorrigibles and delinquents, and proceedings shall then be taken in the proper court for the permanent welfare of such minor and a like procedure may be taken in cases where the arrest of the parent is not effective, or where for any other reason the provisions of §
175-3 of this chapter cannot be made effective by the imposition of fines an penalties.
The police officers of the Dalton Borough in taking minors into
custody shall use their discretion in determining age, and, in doubtful
cases, may require positive proof of age. Until such proof is furnished,
the officer's judgment shall prevail.
This chapter is enacted by the Borough of Dalton under the authority
of the Act of Legislature, February 1, (1966) 1965, P.L. 1656, No.
581, known as the Borough Code, § 1005, as recodified and
amended (see now 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1005), and any other applicable
law arising under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.