This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Ordinance Regulating
the Presence and Conduct of Minors on Streets and Public Places."
It shall be unlawful for any minor to remain, idle, wander, stroll or
play in any public place either on foot or to cruise about without a set destination
in any vehicle in, about or upon any place in the village between the hours
of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, and between the hours
of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m., Friday through Saturday, unless accompanied
by a parent, guardian, custodian or other adult person having custody or control
of such minor or unless the minor is on an emergency errand or specific business
or activity directed or permitted by his parent, guardian or other adult person
having the care and custody of the minor or where the presence of such minor
is connected with or required by some legitimate employment, trade, profession
or occupation.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation operating or
having charge of any public place to knowingly permit or suffer the presence
of minors under the age of seventeen (17) between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
and 6:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, and between the hours of 12:00 midnight,
and 6:00 a.m., Friday through Saturday.
It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian or other adult person
having custody or control of any minor under the age of seventeen (17) to
suffer or permit or, by inefficient control, to allow such person to be on
the streets or sidewalks or on or in any public property or public place within
the village between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Sunday through
Thursday, and between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a m., Friday through
Saturday. However, the provisions of this section do not apply to a minor
accompanied by his parent, guardian, custodian or other adult person having
the care, custody or control of the minor or if the minor is on an emergency
errand or specific business or activity directed by his parent, guardian,
custodian or other adult having the care and custody of the minor or if the
parent, guardian or other adult person herein has made a missing person notification
to the Police Department.
Any minor attending a special function or entertainment of any church, school, club or other organization that requires such minor to be out at a later hour than that called for in §
125-3 shall be exempt from the provisions of §
125-3 of this chapter, provided that the church, school, club or other organization shall register in advance with the Village Police to have the minors stay out to this later hour. The registrant shall state the time the function or entertainment shall end, and the minors who attend the function shall be required to be in their homes or usual places of abode within one-half (1/2) hour after the function is ended.
Any parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor violating this chapter shall, after having been previously notified under §
125-7 of this chapter, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) or be imprisoned for not more than fifteen (15) days, or both, for each offense.