For purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section.
"Emergency"
means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. "Emergency" includes but is not limited to a fire, a natural disaster, a vehicle accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.
"Guardian"
means:
1. 
A person who, under court order, is the guardian of a minor; or 8
2. 
A public or private agency with whom the minor has been placed by a court order; or
3. 
Any person at least 18 years of age having the care, control, and custody of a minor by the minor's parent or court approved guardian.
"Minor"
means any person under the age of 18 years, except:
1. 
A court-approved emancipated minor;
2. 
A minor who has entered into a valid marriage, whether or not such marriage has been terminated by dissolution; or
3. 
A minor who is on active duty with any of the armed forces of the United States of America.
"Parent"
means a person who is a natural parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent of a minor.
"Public place"
means any place to which the public has access including, but not limited to, streets, highways, parks, playgrounds, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, office buildings, transportation facilities, theaters, game rooms, shops, shopping malls, or any other places of amusement or business.
"Street"
means a way or place, of whatever nature, open to use by the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel or, in the case of a sidewalk, for pedestrian travel. "Street" includes the legal right-of-way, including but not limited to traffic lanes, curbs, sidewalks, whether paved or unpaved, and any grass plots or other grounds found within the legal right-of-way of a street. "Street" applies irrespective of what the legal right-of-way is formally called, whether alley, avenue, court, road, or otherwise.
(Prior code § 2101)
A. 
It is unlawful for any minor to be present in or upon any public place, street, or abandoned or vacant building, or to be in a vehicle parked or idly cruising upon a street or unimproved property or open space upon improved property without the express permission of the owner or occupant thereof, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. on any day and 6:00 a.m. of the immediately following day.
B. 
This Section does not apply when:
1. 
The minor is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian;
2. 
The minor is proceeding, without any detour or stop, on legitimate business directed by his or her parent or guardian;
3. 
The minor is attending a public meeting, school activity, religious activity, civic function, place of public entertainment such as a motion picture, play, sporting event, or exercising his or her First Amendment Rights;
4. 
The presence of the minor is connected with or required with respect to a business, trade, profession or occupation in which the minor is lawfully engaged;
5. 
The minor is in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
6. 
The minor is on the sidewalk of the minor's own residence or is on the property or sidewalk abutting the minor's residence.
(Prior code § 2102)
A. 
It is unlawful for any minor subject to compulsory education or to compulsory continuation education, pursuant to Education Code Section 48200, (unless exempted by State law) to be present in or upon any public place, street, or abandoned or vacant building, or to be in a vehicle parked or idly cruising upon a street or unimproved property or open space upon improved property on the days when his or her school is in session and during the hours designated for schooling for said minor. This prohibition also applies to minors whose enrollment status is that of suspension, expulsion, or transfer in progress.
B. 
This Section does not apply when:
1. 
The minor is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian;
2. 
The minor is conducting activities which are "excused" within the meaning of Education Code Section 48205;
3. 
The minor is on an emergency errand, without any detour or stop, directed by his or her parent, guardian;
4. 
The minor is going to or from his or her place of gainful employment, without any detour or stop;
5. 
The minor is going to or from a medical appointment, without any detour or stop;
6. 
The minor has official permission to leave campus for the lunch period it at another time of day;
7. 
The minor is going, without any detour or stop, to or from an event or activity sponsored, sanctioned, or arranged by the school;
8. 
The minor is receiving instruction by a qualified tutor pursuant to Education Code Section 48224 or is receiving home instruction through exemption pursuant to Education Code Section 48222;
9. 
The minor is going to or from a compulsory alternative education program activity, including ROP classes;
10. 
The minor has successfully completed high school or a high school equivalency test;
11. 
The minor is exercising his or her First Amendment Rights;
12. 
The minor is not a resident of Santa Barbara County.
(Prior code § 2103)
No parent, guardian, or other person having the legal care, custody or control of any minor shall knowingly permit or allow such person to violate the provisions of this Chapter or refuse to take custody of said minor, as set forth in Penal Code Section 270.5, or, after receiving notice of the apprehension and detention of such minor by a peace officer, fail or neglect to go in person, or send some suitable adult person, after such minor is so detained.
(Prior code § 2104)
Each violation of the provisions of this Chapter shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as an infraction. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, when a minor is charged with a violation of this Chapter, and a peace officer issues a notice to appear to that minor, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 256, the charge shall be deemed an infraction unless another disposition is elected under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 601 or 602 or other applicable State laws.
(Prior code § 2105)