For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases
are defined as follows:
CRIMINAL ACT
An act which violates the Statutes of the United States,
the Statutes of the State of Missouri or the ordinances of the City
of Richmond, including curfew and moving traffic violations.
GUARDIAN
Guardian appointed by court of competent jurisdiction.
MINOR
Any person under the age of seventeen (17).
PARENT
The natural father or mother, or the adoptive father or mother.
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 criminal act.
[CC 1974 §13-79; Ord. No. 791 §III, 12-15-1971]
Any person who encourages, aids or causes a child under seventeen
(17) years of age to commit any act or engage in any conduct which
would be injurious to the child's morals or health, or who commits
any act or omits the performance of any duty which contributes to,
causes or tends to cause a child under the age of seventeen (17) years
to violate any law of the State or any ordinance of the City shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[CC 1974 §13-80; Ord. No. 791 §IV, 12-15-1971]
No person shall procure for any minor any article which the
minor is forbidden by law to purchase or possess.
[Ord. No. 1704 §§1 —
3, 3-8-2000]
A. Unless
the provisions explicitly state otherwise, as used in this Chapter
the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings hereinafter
designated:
ADULT
Person seventeen (17) years of age or older.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
Any alcoholic liquor as defined now or hereafter by the Revised
Statutes of Missouri. Currently, "alcoholic liquor" is defined by
Chapter 311.020, RSMo.
CONTROL
Any form of authority, regulation, responsibility or dominion,
including a possessory right.
DRUG
A controlled substance as defined and described now or hereafter
by the Revised Statutes of Missouri. Currently, controlled substances
are defined and described by Sections 195.005 to 195.425, RSMo. (Chapter
195).
MINOR
A person not legally permitted by reason of age to possess,
consume or purchase alcoholic liquor as described now or hereafter
by the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
OPEN HOUSE PARTY
A social gathering at a residence or premises of persons
in addition to the owner or those with rights of possession or their
immediate family members.
RESIDENCE OR PREMISES
A motel room, hotel room, home, apartment, condominium, or
other dwelling unit, including the curtilage of a dwelling unit, or
a hall, meeting room, or other place of assembly, whether occupied
as a dwelling or specifically for social functions, and whether owned,
leased, rented, or used with or without compensation.
B. Prohibited Activities. No adult who owns, rents, leases
or sub-leases any residence or premises shall allow an open house
party to take place at the residence or premises if any alcoholic
beverage or drug is possessed or consumed at the residence or premises
by any minor where the adult knew or reasonably should have known
that any alcoholic beverage or drug was in the possession or being
consumed by a minor at the residence or premises and where the adult
failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the possession or consumption
of the alcoholic beverage or drug at the residence or premises.
C. The
provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
1. The consumption, use or possession of a drug by a minor pursuant
to a lawful prescription for such drug.
2. Religious observance or prescribed medical treatment.
3. The possession by a minor of alcoholic beverages or lawfully prescribed
drugs incidental to the lawful employment of such minor.
D. Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this Section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.