[Prior code § 3-1.1]
It is unlawful for any minor under the age of 18 years to loiter
or remain in or upon any public street, highway, sidewalk, road, playground,
alley, park, vacant lot, bathing beach, public building, place of
amusement or places of business conducted for profit to which the
public is invited or unsupervised places, either on foot or in or
upon any vehicle within the Borough between the hours of 12:00 midnight,
prevailing time, and 6:00 a.m., prevailing time, on the following
day; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall
not apply to any such minor when accompanied by his or her parent
or parents, guardian or other adult person having custody, care or
control of such minor.
[Prior code § 3-1.2]
It is unlawful for any parent, guardian or other adult person
having custody, care or control of a minor child under the age of
18 years to knowingly permit such minor to loiter or remain unaccompanied
by such parent, guardian or other adult person, upon any public street,
highway, sidewalk, road, playground, alley, park, vacant lot, bathing
beach, public building, place of amusement or places of business conducted
for profit to which the public is invited or unsupervised places,
either on foot or in or upon any vehicle within the Borough, between
the hours of 12:00 midnight prevailing time, and 6:00 a.m., prevailing
time, on the following day.
[Prior code § 3-1.3]
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any minor
under the age of 18 years during the time necessarily required for
such minor to travel to his or her residence from:
A. A place of employment at which such minor may be gainfully employed;
B. A school or place of instruction at which such minor may be in bona
fide attendance;
C. A place at which a function may be held which shall be or has been
sponsored by a school, religious or civic organization, or which shall
be or has been a properly supervised event or program; or
D. A place at which a bona fide, supervised social meeting, gathering
or assemblage had taken place.
[Prior code § 3-1.4]
Should an emergency arise necessitating a minor child under
the age of 18 years to be dispatched on an errand requiring his or
her presence on a street or in an automobile, or in any public or
quasi-public place, during the curfew hours established, he or she
shall have in his or her possession a note signed by the parent, guardian
or other person having custody, care or control of such minor child
under the age of 18 years, stating the nature of the errand, the necessity
therefor, the place to which the child is to go, the time the note
was issued and the time required for the errand. Failure to comply
with the provisions of this section shall constitute a violation.
[Prior code § 3-1.5; amended by Ord. 99-19 § 4, 1999]
Violators shall be required to perform community service and
may be subject to a fine of up to $1,000.