HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD10881 BILL NO. 87-41
1p SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN GORDON
ORDINANCE NO. 10(ff l
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSOIQ, MISSOURI, AMENDING THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, BY ENACTING NEW SECTION
17-154 RELATING TO A CURFEW FOR PERSONS UNDER SEVENTEEN.
Section 1. Chapter 17 of the code of the City of Jefferson,
Missouri, shall be amended by enacting new section 17-154 to read
as follows:
Section 17-154. Curfew for persons under 17.
(a) Generally. No person under the age of seventeen (17)
years shall be in any automobile or in or upon the public
streets, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds,
public places, public buildings, places of amusement and
entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places,
between the hours of 12:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(b) Responsibility of Parent. It shall be unlawful for the
parent, guardian, or other person having the legal care and
custody, or who has accepted responsibility for the care and
custody, of a person under the age of seventeen ( 17) to
knowingly or with reason to know permit such minor to
violate the provisions of this ordinance.
(c) Procedure upon violation.
( 1 ) Any police officer, upon finding a minor in
violation of this ordinance, shall determine the name
and address of such minor and warn the minor that he is
in violation of the curfew established herein and shall
direct the minor to proceed at once to his or her home
or usual place of abode. The police officer shall
report such action to his desk officer, who in turn may
notify the parent, guardian, or person having the legal
care and custody of such minor of the violation.
(2) If the minor refuses to obey the directions of the
police officer or refuses to give his correct name and
address, or if the minor has previously been warned
that he or she is in violation of the curfew
established herein, the minor shall be taken to the
police department and the parent, guardian, or other
person having the legal care and custody of the minor
shall be notified to come and take charge of the minor.
If the parent, guardian, or other person having the
legal care and custody of the minor cannot be located
or fails to come and take charge of the minor, the
minor shall be released to the juvenile authorities.
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Aft (d) Service of notice. Notice of a violation of the curfew
established herein shall be given in writing to the parent,
guardian, or other person having the legal care and custody
of the minor. The written notice of violation may be served
by leaving a copy thereof at the residence of such person,
with any adult person found at such residence, or by mailing
the notice to the last-known address of such person or
wherever such person may be found.
(e) Penalty for violation.
(1) Any person under the age of seventeen (17) found
in repeated violation of the curfew established herein
shall be reported by the police to the ,juvenile
authorities and shall be dealt with in accordance with
the juvenile law and procedure.
(2) Any parent, guardian, or other person having the
legal care and custody of a minor found in violation of
the curfew established herein, after having been given
written notice of a prior violation as provided herein,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(f) Exceptions. This ordinance shall not apply (i) to any
minor while going to or coming home from the minor' s place
of employment, (ii) to any minor who is accompanied by his
parent, guardian, or other person having legal care and
custody of the minor, (iii) to any minor on an emergency, or
(iv) to any minor who is on legitimate business directed by
his parent, guardian, or other person having the legal care
and custody of the minor:.
(g) Definitions. As used herein, "minor" means any person
under seventeen (17) years of age, and "adult" means any
person twenty-one (21 ) years of age or older.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its date of passage and approval.
Passed 4576 2 Approved
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Presidi fficer Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk