[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Norwood 6-19-1995
by L.L. No. 1-1995. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Curfew — See Ch. 75.
The Norwood Village Board, pursuant to the authority granted it under
§ 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, enacts
this chapter.
The Village Board has determined that minors have been congregating,
causing general disturbances and committing acts which would be violations
of the law. In order to reduce juvenile crime, protect the children of this
Village and reinforce parental and guardian authority as well as ensure parental
and guardian responsibility, it is necessary to establish responsibility for
the acts of minors and their parents or legal guardians.
A.
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in
the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the
singular number, words in the singular number include the plural number, and
words in the masculine include the feminine.
B.
KNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT
MINOR
PRIVATE PLACE
PUBLIC PLACE
VILLAGE
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms,
phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
Actual or constructive knowledge and consent, and includes knowledge
which a parent should be reasonably expected to have concerning the whereabouts
and activities of a minor in the custody of that parent or guardian. Failure
of a parent or legal guardian to exercise reasonable diligence in the care
and control of said minor shall constitute constructive knowledge of the parent
or legal guardian of the acts of a minor child.
Anyone under the age of 16, whose care and custody repose in a parent
or legal guardian, including those who are placed in homes as wards of the
court.
Any privately owned property or business, including any parking lot,
vacant lot, yard, building, place of amusement, eating establishment and the
like, where minors may be found without the consent or permission of the owner
or occupant of the property or when the property or business is closed to
the public.
Any street, avenue, highway, road, sidewalk, curb, gutter, parking
lot, alley, vacant lot, park, playground, yard, building, place of amusement
or eating place.
The Village of Norwood.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any minor to commit an act which
would constitute trespass (as defined by Penal Law § 140.05), harassment
(as defined by Penal Law § 240.26), disorderly conduct (as defined
by Penal Law § 240.20) or any violation of the local laws of the
Village of Norwood.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any parent or legal guardian
of a minor to knowingly consent or permit said minor to be in a public place
or private place within the Village so as to allow or permit or provide the
minor with the opportunity to commit any of the aforementioned acts. It shall
be unlawful for a parent or guardian to fail to exercise reasonable diligence
in the care and control of the activities of said minor.
A.
A police officer who has probable cause to believe that
a minor is in violation of this chapter shall take such minor to the residence
of his parent(s) or guardian(s) or, as may be necessary, to the police station,
where the minor's parent or guardian shall be immediately contacted. The minor
shall be held until the parent or legal guardian comes to take the minor home.
On initial contact with the parent, he or she must be given a copy of this
chapter.
B.
A violation of any provision of this chapter shall be
punishable, upon conviction thereof, by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment
for up to 15 days, or both.
[Amended 4-21-1997 by L.L.
No. 1-1997]
C.
On a second or subsequent violation of this chapter,
the parent or legal guardian shall be issued a summons requiring that the
parent or legal guardian and child shall appear in the Potsdam Town Court.
