It is unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or aimlessly drive or ride about in or upon any public street, avenue, highway, road, curb area, alley, park, playground or other public ground, public place or public building, place of amusement or eating place, vacant lot or unsupervised place between the hours of ten p.m. on any day and sunrise of the immediately following day; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply when:
A. 
The minor is accompanied by his or her parent or parents, legal guardian or other adult person having the legal care or custody of the minor, or by his or her spouse eighteen years of age or older;
B. 
The minor is upon an errand directed by his or her parent or parents or legal guardian or other adult person having the legal care or custody of the minor, or by his or her spouse eighteen years of age or older;
C. 
The minor is returning directly home from a public meeting, or a place of public entertainment, such as a movie, play, sporting event, dance or school activity;
D. 
The presence of such minor in said place or places is connected with or required with respect to a business, trade, profession or occupation in which the minor is lawfully engaged.
(Prior code §5-4-1; Ord. 851 §1, 1989)
It is unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen years, who is subject to compulsory education or to compulsory continuation education, to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or aimlessly drive or ride about in or upon any public street, avenue, highway, road, curb area, alley, park, playground, or other public ground, public place, or public building, place of amusement or eating place, vacant lot or unsupervised place between the hours of eight-thirty a.m. and one-thirty p.m. of the same day on days when the minor's school is in session. This section does not apply when:
A. 
The minor is accompanied by his or her parent(s), legal guardian(s), or other adult person(s) having the legal care or custody of the minor, or by his or her spouse eighteen years of age or older;
B. 
The minor is upon an errand directed by his or her parent(s), legal guardian(s) or other adult person(s) having the legal care or custody of the minor, or by his or her spouse eighteen years of age or older; or
C. 
The minor has in his or her possession a written excuse from his or her parent(s), legal guardian(s) or other adult person(s) having the legal care or custody of the minor, or from his or her spouse eighteen years of age or older; or
D. 
The minor has permission to leave campus and has in his or her possession a valid, school-issued, off-campus permit; or
E. 
The minor is going directly to or returning directly from a public meeting, or place of public entertainment, such as a movie, play, sporting event, dance or school activity, provided such meeting, event or activity is a school-approved activity for the minor or is otherwise supervised by school personnel of the minor's school; or
F. 
The minor is going directly to or coming directly from a medical appointment or his or her place of lawful employment; or
G. 
The presence of such minor in said place or places is connected with, or required with respect to, a business, trade, profession or occupation in which the minor is lawfully engaged.
(Prior code §5-4-2; Ord. 979 §3, 1996)
A. 
Determination by Court. When a court determines that a minor under eighteen years of age is subject to civil or criminal liability based on violation of curfew, daytime loitering, truancy or other wilful misconduct, it may provide that the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of the minor shall be jointly and severally liable for the cost of providing law enforcement personnel to supervise the minor during his or her detention, over and above the cost of services normally provided by the city's law enforcement agency.
B. 
Determination by Chief of Police. When the chief of police or designee thereof determines that the city's law enforcement agency incurred costs over and above the cost of services normally provided by the agency in providing law enforcement personnel to supervise a minor during his or her detention for violation of curfew, daytime loitering, truancy or other wilful misconduct, and when it has been determined by a court that the minor was civilly or criminally liable for such misconduct, the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of the minor may be assessed, and billed for, such additional costs.
C. 
Appeal. Any person receiving a bill for law enforcement services pursuant to this chapter may, within fifteen days after the billing date, file a written request appealing the imposition of said charges. Any billing sent pursuant to this section shall inform the billed party of the right to appeal said billing. Any appeal regarding such billing shall be heard by the city manager, or designee thereof, as the hearing officer. Within ten days after the hearing, the hearing officer shall give written notice of the decision to the appellant. Upon the filing of a request for an appeal, payment of the bill for the law enforcement services shall be suspended until notice of the decision of the hearing officer is issued. If the appeal is denied in part or in full, all amounts due to the city shall be paid within thirty days after notice of the decision of the hearing officer.
(Ord. 979 §3, 1996)
Every parent, guardian or other person having legal care, custody or control of any person under the age of eighteen years who allows or permits such person to violate any provision of this chapter is guilty of an infraction.
(Ord. 979 §3, 1996)