[Adopted by Ord. No. 94-1]
This article is adopted pursuant to the authority of the county under
§ 59.54(6) and (22), Wis. Stats.
The following definitions shall control application of this article:
CENTRAL TIME
Central standard time or central daylight savings time, whichever
is appropriate.
CHILD
A person under the age of 16 years.
GUARDIAN
A guardian of the person of a child appointed under Chapter 880,
Wis. Stats.
PARENT
A child's natural parent whose parental rights have not been terminated
or relinquished.
It is unlawful for any child to congregate, loiter, wander, stroll,
stand or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks,
public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or any
other public places in the county, either on foot or in or upon any conveyance
being driven or parked thereon, between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.
of the following day, central time, unless accompanied by his or her parent,
guardian or other adult person having his or her care, custody or control.
The curfew hours for Fridays and Saturdays shall be extended to 12:00
midnight, thus running from 12:00 midnight to 5:00 a.m. the following Saturday
and Sunday mornings.
This article shall be in full force and effect throughout the county,
including in those municipalities which have not adopted their own juvenile
curfew ordinances.
The parent, guardian or person having his or her care, custody or control with respect to any child cited for his/her second or subsequent violation of this article during a one-year period of time may be cited with a violation of this article for failure or refusal to exercise sufficient control over the child so as to have prevented a violation of §
155-3.
Violations of this article shall be subject to the following sanctions:
A. A child found guilty of his/her first violation during
a period of one year shall forfeit $25 plus costs. For the second and each
subsequent conviction during a one-year period the forfeiture shall be $25
plus costs.
B. The parent, guardian or person having his or her care,
custody or control of a child subject to this article may, if the child is
convicted of his or her second or subsequent violations during a period of
one year, be subject to a forfeiture of $25 plus costs.
Enforcement of penalties for violations of this article shall be maintained by the County Sheriff under Chapter
1, Article
IV of the Pierce County Code, the citation enforcement procedure.
[Adopted by Ord. No. 98-9]
Persons otherwise constituting pupils in public or private secondary
schools are prohibited from being truant or from being habitually truant.
A pupil is deemed to be truant or habitually truant, subject to the definitions
of those terms hereinafter set forth, if absent from school without an acceptable
excuse under § 118.15 or 118.16(4), Wis. Stats.
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall be defined:
ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE
An acceptable excuse as defined in §§ 118.15 and 118.16(4),
Wis. Stats.
HABITUAL TRUANT
A pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse for
part or all of five or more days in which school is held during a school semester.
SCHOOL
A private or public secondary school.
TRUANT
A pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse under
§§ 118.15 and 118.16(4), Wis. Stats., for part or all of any
day on which school is held during a school semester.