[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Edgewater Park as Title 9, Ch. 9.12, of the 1998 Township Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended by Ord. No. 6-97]
A. 
It is unlawful for any child under the age of 18 years of age to ride on a bicycle or in a motor vehicle, or run through, wander or stroll through the streets, roads, avenues or other public places in the Township after the hour of 10:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the evening and until 6:00 a.m., prevailing time, in the morning, unless accompanied by a parent or duly authorized custodian having control of such minor, except as hereinafter provided.
B. 
The time of curfew for the particular day of each calendar year hereafter designated as the day before Halloween and the day of Halloween (i.e., October 30 and 31) shall be 9:00 p.m.
[Added 10-25-2005 by Ord. No. 17-2005]
It is unlawful for any parent, guardian or duly authorized custodian having legal care or custody of any child under 18 years of age to allow or permit any such child or ward to ride on a bicycle or in a motor vehicle, or to loiter on foot or in a motor vehicle, wander or stroll on or about any road, street, avenue or other public place in the Township within the time prohibited in § 205-1, unless accompanied by a parent or duly authorized custodian, except as hereinafter provided.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any minor child who shall be gainfully employed, who shall be a bona fide student of a school of evening instruction, who shall be in attendance at a function sponsored by a religious or school organization or who shall be in attendance at a properly supervised recreational program during the time necessarily required to travel between such minor child's residence and said place of assembly.
Should an emergency arise necessitating a minor child under the age of 18 years being dispatched upon an errand requiring his or her presence upon a street or other public or quasi-public place after the curfew hour established in this chapter, such minor shall have in his or her possession a note signed by one of his or her parents, a guardian or a duly authorized custodian (over the age of 18) having the legal care or custody of such minor child, stating the nature of the errand, the necessity therefor, the place to which said child is to go, the time such note was issued and the time required for such errand. The abuse of the provisions of this section shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this chapter, punishable as hereinafter provided.
Any policeman, constable, or truant officer, or any special officer duly appointed by the Township Committee of the Township, is authorized and empowered to take into custody any such minor child who may be in the act of violating the provisions of this chapter. Such officer shall notify the parent or person having the legal care and custody of such child of the violation of this chapter and the penalty therefor of a second or subsequent violation, and shall report said violation to the Chief of Police of the Township, who shall cause a record thereof to be made. Duplicate copies of these records shall be supplied to the juvenile review board. Said child shall be released immediately in the custody of such parent or person having his or her legal care or custody.
[Amended by Ord. No. 6-97]
Upon the second or subsequent violation of the provisions of this chapter by any minor child under the age of 18 years, such minor child shall be subject to a fine of up to $1,000 and shall be required to perform community service as may be ordered by the Municipal Court Judge.
[Amended by Ord. No. 6-97]
It is also a violation of this chapter for a parent or guardian of a minor child to allow such unaccompanied minor child to be on any public street or any public place during the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., except as set forth above. Any parent or guardian who violates this chapter shall be subject to a fine of up to $1,000 and shall be required to perform community service. If both a minor child and his or her parent or guardian violate this chapter, they shall be required to perform community service together.