[Adopted 7-9-1984 by Ord. No. A-12-84
as Ch. 90, Art. I, of the 1984 Code]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
[Amended 4-12-1993 by Ord. No. A-13-93]
It shall be unlawful for a minor child to be upon any public street,
park or public place or quasi-public place either on foot or in a vehicle
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day Sunday
through Thursday or between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following
day Friday or Saturday, unless accompanied by his parent or a member of his
family over the age of 18 or by his legal guardian or other person who shall
have the legal custody and control of said minor child.
It shall be unlawful for any parent, legal guardian or such other person having the legal custody and control of a minor child to allow, suffer or permit any such minor child to go or be in or upon any public street, park or public place or quasi-public place, either on foot or in a vehicle, during the times enumerated in §
181-2, except in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter specified.
This article shall not apply to a minor child who shall be gainfully
employed or who shall be a bona fide student of a school of instruction during
the time necessarily required to travel between such minor child's residence
and his place of employment or instruction.
Should any emergency arise necessitating such minor child being dispatched upon an errand requiring his presence upon a public street, park or public place or quasi-public place after the curfew hour established in §
181-2, he shall not be deemed to be in violation of this article if he has in his possession a note signed by some person in his immediate household over the age of 18 years stating the:
C. Place to which said minor is to go.
D. Time when such note was issued.
E. Estimated time required for such errand.
Any city police or truant officer is hereby authorized and empowered
to take into custody any minor child who may be in the act of violating the
provisions of this article. Such officer shall forthwith return said child
to his home and immediately release said child into the custody of parent,
legal guardian or other person who has legal custody of such minor child.
Said policeman or truant officer shall notify the parent or legal guardian
or other person having the care or legal custody of said child of the violation
of this article and the penalty for second or subsequent violation of this
article. The officer shall report the violation to the Chief of Police of
the city, who shall keep a record thereof.
If it is established that the parent, guardian or such other person having the custody and control of such minor child was duly notified pursuant to §
181-6 of this article that such minor had been taken into custody for a violation of §
181-2 of this article, then it shall be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that such parent, guardian or other person having custody of such minor knowingly permitted such subsequent violation.
[Adopted 7-9-1984 by Ord. No. A-12-84
as Ch. 90, Art. II, of the 1984 Code]
Whenever the Mayor or, in his absence, the President of the Municipal
Council declares that a state of emergency exists, requiring the protection
of persons or property because of the probability or imminence of mob or other
violence, the Mayor or said President, as the case may be, is hereby empowered
to issue a proclamation directing that it shall be unlawful for any person
(with such exceptions as he shall deem proper in the public interest) to be
upon any public street or public park or public place or quasi-public place
(or on such of said public places or quasi-public places as, in his judgment,
he deems proper), either on foot or in a vehicle, during such hours as the
Mayor or said President, as the case may be, may designate. Upon receiving
oral or written notice of such proclamation, every person shall promptly obey
said proclamation.
Any person violating this article may be immediately apprehended by
any police officer, and such violator shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90
days, or both.