It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen years to idle, loiter, loaf, lounge, stroll, wander, or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places or public buildings, places of amusement or entertainment, eating places, vacant lots, or any other place normally accessible to the general public, whether on foot or in a vehicle or by any other means, unsupervised by a parent, legal guardian, or other person having the lawful care and custody of such minor, having the lawful authority to be at such place between the hours of ten p.m. on any day and six a.m. on the following day, except on Fridays and Saturdays, when the hours shall be eleven p.m. to six a.m. of the following day.
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The curfew restrictions set out in section 11-301 shall not apply under the following circumstances:
(a) When the parent or legal guardian of the person under the age of eighteen years has renounced his or her right to the care, custody, and earnings of that person.
(b) When the person under the age of eighteen years is legally married.
(c) When the person under the age of eighteen years is accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian.
(d) When the person under the age of eighteen years is going to or from lawful employment by way of the most direct route.
(e) When the person under the age of eighteen years is engaged in interstate travel through the city.
(f) When the person under the age of eighteen years is going to or from a school activity, church activity, entertainment, dance, or recreational activity by way of the most direct route.
(g) When the person under the age of eighteen years is going to or from an activity involving the exercise of first amendment rights of free speech, freedom of assembly, or freedom of religion by way of the most direct route.
(h) When the person under the age of eighteen years is on an emergency errand directed by his or her parent, legal guardian, or other adult person having the lawful care and custody of such minor.
(Code 2014)
It is unlawful for the parent, legal guardian, or other adult person exercising legal care and custody of a minor under the age of eighteen years to permit such minor to violate Section 11-301, except under the circumstances set out in Section 11-302.
(Code 2014)
(a) Any police officer finding a minor under the age of eighteen years in violation of this article shall ascertain the name and address of the minor, shall take such minor to the police department, and the parent, legal guardian or other adult person exercising legal care and custody of such minor shall be notified to come and take charge of the minor. In addition, any minor under the age of eighteen years violating the provisions of this article may be dealt with in accordance with juvenile law.
(b) Any parent, legal guardian or other adult person exercising legal care and custody of a minor person under the age of eighteen years who shall knowingly suffer or permit such minor to violate the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) or more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and costs.
(Code 2014)