No parent, guardian or other person having the legal care, custody or control of any person under the age of 18 years shall knowingly permit or allow such person to violate the provisions of Section
9.04.010.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section.
Emergency.
An unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting
state that calls for immediate action. The term includes but is not
limited to the following: a fire, a natural disaster, an automobile
accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious
bodily injury or loss of life.
Guardian.
(1) A person who under court order is the guardian of minor,
or (2) a public or private agency with whom the minor has been placed
by a court order, or (3) a person at least 18 years of age exercising
care and custody of a minor.
Minor.
Any person under the age of 18 years of age.
Parent.
A person who is a natural parent, adoptive parent, or a stepparent
of another person.
Public Place.
Any place to which the public or any substantial group of
the public has access including, but not limited to, paseos, sidewalks,
streets, highways, beaches, parks, playgrounds, and common areas of
schools, hospitals, apartments, houses, office buildings, transport
facilities, theaters, game rooms, shops, shopping malls, or any other
public place of business.
Street.
A way or place, of whatever nature, open to the use of the
public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel or
in the case of a sidewalk thereof for pedestrian travel. The term
"street" includes the legal right-of-way, including, but not limited
to, the traffic lanes, curbs, sidewalk whether paved or unpaved, and
any grass plots or other grounds found within the legal right-of-way
of a street. The term "street" applies irrespective of what the legal
right-of-way is formally called, whether alley, avenue, court, road,
or otherwise.
(Prior code §§32.8. and 32.9; Ord. 4949, 1996; Ord. 4973, 1996; Ord. 5019, 1997)