(a)   It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places, and including the driving of cars or being passengers thereof, except as hereinafter provided, between the hours of eleven (11) o’clock P.M. and six (6) o’clock A.M. of the following day, except on Fridays and Saturdays when the hours shall be twelve (12) o’clock midnight to six (6) o’clock A.M. of the following day, PROVIDED, however, that the provisions of this article shall not apply to a minor accompanied by his parents, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor or where the minor is on an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his parent, guardian or other adult person having care and custody of the minor, or when said minor is going to, attending, or returning from any school function, place of amusement or other activity generally open to the public wherein minors are permitted to attend, from said place by the shortest and most direct route to the place of residence of said minor and when any school function, place of amusement or other activity, as aforesaid, shall be located outside the city limits, the minor shall take the most direct route from the point of entry of the city limits to the place of residence of said minor; and be it further provided, that this article shall not apply to any person, regardless of age, that shall be a married person.

(b)   It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian, or other person having the care and custody of a minor under the age of eighteen (18) years to permit such minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places, and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the hours of eleven (11) o’clock P.M. and six (6) o’clock A.M. of the following day, except on Fridays and Saturdays when the hours shall be twelve (12) o’clock midnight and six (6) o’clock A.M. of the following day.

(c)   Any minor violating the provisions of this article shall be dealt with in accordance with juvenile court law and procedure where applicable. Any Police Officer finding a minor under the age of eighteen (18) years violating the provisions of this article shall warn the child to desist from such violation and immediately return home, and shall promptly report the violation to the Chief of Police, who shall cause a written notice to be served upon the parent, guardian, or person in charge of such said child, setting forth the manner in which the provisions of this article have been violated. Any parent or guardian or person in charge of such child who shall permit such child again to violate the provisions of this section after receiving written notice of the first violation shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than Five Hundred Dollars (500.00) and/or six months incarceration upon conviction of the same.

(Ord. 4A; Code 2022)

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in, about or on any streets, alleys or public places with the city, without having some lawful business therein or thereabout.

(Ord. 15A; Code 2022)