[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Economy 9-10-1964
as Ord. No. 77. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Within this chapter, the following words shall be construed so as to
have the following meanings:
That period between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Eastern
standard or daylight saving time, whichever may apply at the time in question.
Any privately owned place of business, any place of amusement or
entertainment to which the public is invited and any similar place.
Any person less than 18 years of age. For the purpose of this chapter,
any person shall be deemed to be 18 years of age on the date of his or her
18th birthday and not before that time.
Any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation owning,
operating, managing or conducting any establishment; and whenever used in
any clause prescribing a penalty, the word "operator," as applied to association
or partnership, shall include the members, officers and managers thereof or
any of them and as applied to corporations shall include officers and managers
thereof or any of them.
The natural parent or guardian or adult person 21 years of age or
over, responsible for the custody of any minor.
The Police Department of the Borough of Economy, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Any public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground, vacant
lot, public building, railway station, bus terminal or similar place.
Loiter, idle, wander, stroll, play or be.
It shall be unlawful for any minor to remain in or upon any public place
or establishment in the Borough of Economy after hours unless accompanied
by a parent or on an errand or other legitimate business directed by a parent
or unless engaged in gainful, lawful employment after hours, in which case
said minor shall carry written identification and evidence of employment.
It shall be unlawful for any operator of a business establishment knowingly
to permit any minor to remain in or upon the premises of said establishment
after hours.
Each violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a
separate offense.
A.Â
Any police officer who finds a minor violating any provisions
of this chapter shall endeavor to obtain the name, age, date of birth and
address of the minor and the names of the minor's parents. The minor
shall, at the discretion of the police officer, be brought to the police station,
and the parents notified, or shall be taken or instructed to proceed directly
to his home. The information obtained from the minor, together with a full
report, shall be transmitted to the Mayor, who shall cause a written notice
to be delivered, mailed or otherwise, to the parents of the minor advising
them of the violation of this chapter. A record of all violations shall be
kept. The police officer so acting shall use his discretion in determining
age and, in doubtful cases, may bring the minor into the police station until
satisfactory proof of age is furnished.
B.Â
Where the minor is not a resident of the Borough of Economy,
the Police Department shall forward a copy of the report and such additional
data as the Police Department may deem helpful in the handling of the case
to the Police Department of the municipality where the minor resides.
[Amended 6-12-1984 by Ord. No. 254; 2-10-1987
by Ord. No. 274]
A.Â
Any parent who shall permit a minor to violate the provisions
of this chapter after having received notice of a prior violation shall, after
conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $300 and, in default of payment
of such fine, to undergo imprisonment for not exceeding 90 days.
B.Â
Any operator who shall violate this chapter shall, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $300 and, in default of payment
of such fine, imprisonment for not exceeding 90 days.
The Mayor of the Borough of Economy or, in his absence, the designated
police officer of the Borough of Economy is authorized to extend the curfew
hour for special occasions. When the Mayor of the Borough of Economy or the
designated police officer of the Borough of Economy grants such extension
of time, then the date, hour and, if applicable, the place of such extension
shall be clearly set forth by written promulgation. Such extension of time
shall not be construed to extend beyond the limits as set forth in such promulgation.
