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ORDINANCE NO. 67 -237
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
AMENDING SECTION 4242 OF THE TEMPLE CITY
MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING A JUVENILE
LOITERING LAW APPLICABLE TO PERSONS UNDER
THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. Section 4242 of the Temple City Municipal
Code is hereby amended and new Sections 4242.1, 4242.2 and
4242.3 are hereby added to the Temple City Municipal Code -
all to read as follows:
Section 4242.
Every person under the age of eighteen years
who loiters about the public streets, avenues,
alleys, parks, or other public places in the City,
between the hour of 10 :00 o'clock P.M. and the
time of sunrise of the following day when not
accompanied by his parent or legal guardian hav-
ing legal custody and control of such person, or
by the spouse over twenty -one years of age of such
person, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 4242.1.
Every parent, guardian', or other person having
the legal care, custody, or control of any person
under the age of eighteen years who knowingly aids,
abets, or encourages such person to violate any
provision of Section 4242 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 4242.2.
The word "loiter" as used in Section 4242 is
defined to mean to idle, to loaf, to stand idly
by, or to walk, drive or ride about aimlessly with-
out lawful purpose.
Section 4242.3.
Nothing in Section 4242 or 4242.1 shall be
construed as in any way limiting the power or right
of law enforcement officers to make such investi-
gations, detentions, or arrests as such law en-
forcement officers would be permitted to make had
such Sections not been enacted.
SECTION 2. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation
violating this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
any upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a
fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment in the
City or County Jail for a period of not to exceed six
(6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk of the City of Temple
City shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance and to its approval by the Mayor and shall
cause the same to be published in the Temple City Times,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published
and circulated in the City of Temple City.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 18 day of July,
1967.
Mayor of the City of
Temple City, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss:
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY )
I, KARL KOSKI, City Clerk of the City of Temple City,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being
Ordinance No. 67 -237 , was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple City,
held on the 20th day of June , 1967, and was
duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
18th day of July , 1967, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen- Briggs, Harker, Merritt, Tyrell, Beckley
NOES: Councilmen- None
ABSENT: Councilmen -None
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