This chapter shall be known as the "Curfew Law of the Village of Albion."
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for a minor to
be or loiter or remain in, on or upon a public place within the village between
the following hours (also known as the "curfew hours"):
A. Beginning at 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights
and extending until 5:00 a.m. on the following day.
B. Beginning at 10:00 p.m. on all other nights and extending
until 5:00 a.m. on the following day.
A minor in a public place during the curfew hours shall not be considered
in violation of this chapter when the minor is:
A. Accompanied by a parent of such minor.
B. Accompanied by an adult authorized by a parent of such
minor to take said parent's place in accompanying said minor for a designated
period of time and purpose within a specified area.
C. Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United
States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech
and the right to such exercise, provided that the minor has in his possession
a writing, signed by the minor and by a parent of the minor, with their home
address and telephone number, specifying when, where and in what manner the
minor will be in a public place during the curfew hours in the exercise of
a First Amendment right specified in such writing.
D. With parental consent, in or on a public place in a case
of reasonable necessity.
E. On the sidewalk or property where the minor resides or
on either side of or across the street from the place where the minor resides
and the adult owner or resident of that property has given permission for
the minor to be there.
F. With parental consent, returning home from and within
one hour after the termination of a school- or village-sponsored activity
or an activity of a religious, voluntary, cultural or community organization.
G. With parental consent, in a motor vehicle engaged in
normal travel or when the minor is engaged in bona fide interstate travel
beginning or ending in the village.
H. Engaged in or traveling to or from a place of employment.
I. Engaged on an errand involving a medical emergency or
other emergency involving an immediate and significant threat to life or property.
J. Seventeen years of age and has parental consent for the
use by such minor of generally designated public places for generally designated
periods of time.
K. Authorized by a special permit from the Village Board
carried on the person of the minor thus authorized, as follows:
(1) When necessary night time activities of a minor are inadequately
provided for by the provisions of this chapter, recourse may be had to the
Village Board for a special permit as circumstances warrant.
(2) Upon the Village Board's finding of necessity for
the use of a public place or places and with written parental consent, the
Village Board may grant a special permit, in writing, for use by such minor
of a specified public place or places and for specified periods of time as,
in the Village Board's judgment, may be necessary.
(3) Such special permit may be revoked by the Village Board
for good cause shown following a hearing.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for a parent knowingly
to permit or by inefficient control to allow a minor to be or loiter or remain
in, on or upon a public place in the village during curfew hours under circumstances
not constituting an exception to or an exemption from or otherwise beyond
the scope of this chapter.
Notice of the existence of this chapter and of the curfew regulations
established by it shall be posted, from time to time, in, on or at such public
or quasi-public places, as may be determined by the Chief of Police, in order
that the public may be informed of the existence of this chapter and its regulations.