[Amended 9-5-1961]
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 18 years to be
or remain in or upon any of the streets, highways, alleys, parks or public
places in this city, or be in or upon any automobile or other vehicle in or
upon any such places, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., unless
such person is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian or other person
having the legal custody of such minor person, or is in the performance of
an errand or duty directed by such parent, guardian or legal custodian, or
is in such legal recognized employment as to make it necessary to be in or
upon such places within or during said specified hours, or if the minor is
traveling in a direct route to his or her residency from an adult-supervised
or adult-sponsored religious, school, civic, not-for-profit, recreational
or entertainment activity or adult-supervised or -sponsored organized dance.
This exception, however, shall not apply when such minor shall be playing
or unnecessarily loitering in or upon any such place.
[Amended 9-5-1961]
It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having
the legal care and custody of any person under the age of 18 years to allow,
permit or require any such minor to go in or be in or upon any of the streets,
highways, alleys, parks or public places in this city, or be in or upon any
automobile or other vehicle in or upon any such places, except accompanied
by an adult person, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., unless
a reasonable necessity therefore exists.
Any police officer of this city is hereby authorized to arrest without
a warrant any person willfully violating any of the provisions of this chapter
and may detain such person for a reasonable time in which complaint can be
made, and an appearance ticket shall be issued for appearance at the next
session of Corning City Court.
No minor arrested under this chapter shall be placed in confinement
until reasonable effort shall have been made to locate and verbally notify
the parent, guardian or legal custodian of such minor at the address given
by him or her by such minor if the same be within the City or Town of Corning
or any town adjacent thereto within the County of Steuben.
[Amended 10-5-1992 ]
Any person violating any of the provisions of §
96-1 or §
96-2 hereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.