This chapter shall be known as the "Curfew Law of the Village
of Wolcott."
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for a minor
to be or loiter or remain in, on or upon a public place within the
Village between the following hours (also known as the "curfew hours"):
A. Beginning at 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and extending
until 6:00 a.m. on the following day.
B. Beginning at 10:00 p.m. on all other nights and extending until 6:00
a.m. on the following day.
A minor in a public place during the curfew hours shall not
be considered in violation of this chapter under the following circumstances:
A. When the minor is accompanied by a parent of such minor.
B. When the minor is accompanied by an adult authorized by a parent
of such minor to take said parent's place in accompanying said
minor for a designated period of time and purpose within a specified
area.
C. When the minor is exercising First Amendment rights protected by
the United States Constitution, °such as the free exercise of
religion, freedom of speech and the right to such exercise, provided
that the minor has in his possession a writing, signed by the minor
and, by a parent of the minor, with their home address and telephone
number, specifying when, where and in what manner the minor will be
in a public place during curfew hours in the exercise of a First Amendment
right specified in such writing.
D. When the minor is, with parental consent, in or on a public place
in a case of reasonable necessity.
E. When the minor is on the sidewalk or property where the minor resides
or on either side of or across the street from the place where the
minor resides and the adult owner or resident of that property has
given permission for the minor to be there.
F. When the minor is, with parental consent, returning home from and
within one hour after the termination of a school or Village-sponsored
activity or an activity of a religious, voluntary, cultural or community
organization.
G. When the minor is, with parental consent, in a motor vehicle engaged
in normal travel or when the minor is engaged in a bona fide interstate
travel beginning or ending in the Village.
H. When the minor is engaged in or traveling to or from a place of employment.
I. When the minor is engaged in an errand involving a medical emergency
or other emergency involving an immediate and significant threat to
life or property.
J. When the minor is 17 years of age and has parental consent for the
use by such minor of generally designated public places for generally
designated periods of time.
K. When the minor is authorized by a special permit from the Village
Board carried on the person of the minor thus authorized, as follows:
when necessary nighttime activities of a minor are inadequately provided
for by the provisions of this chapter, recourse may be had to the
Village Board for a special permit as circumstances warrant. Upon
the Village Board's finding of necessity for the use of a public
place or places, and with written parental consent, the Village Board
may grant a special permit, in writing, for use by such minor of a
specified public place or places, for specified periods of time as
in the Village Board's judgment may be necessary. Such special
permit may be revoked by the Village Board for good cause shown following
a hearing.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for a parent
knowingly to permit or by inefficient control to allow a minor to
be or loiter or remain in, on or upon a public place in the Village
during curfew hours under circumstances not constituting an exception
to or an exemption from or otherwise beyond the scope of this chapter.
Notice of the existence of this chapter and of the curfew regulations
established by it shall be posted, from time to time, in, on or at
such public or quasi-public places, as may be determined by the Village
Board, in order that the public may be informed of the existence of
this chapter and its regulations.