It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of seventeen
(17) years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or to drive or ride in
an automobile, or play in or upon the public streets, 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 9:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. of the following
day, official City time, except on Fridays and Saturdays, when the
hours shall be 11:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. of the following day, official
City time; provided that the provisions of this Section do not apply
to a minor accompanied by his/her parent, guardian or other adult
person having the care and custody of the minor, or where the minor
is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his/her
parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody
of the minor. Each violation of the provisions of this Section shall
constitute a separate offense.
It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian or other adult
person having the care and custody of a minor under the age of seventeen
(17) years to knowingly permit such minor to loiter, idle, wander,
stroll or to drive or ride in an automobile, or play in or upon the
public streets, parks, playgrounds, wharves, docks or other public
grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and
entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the
hours of 9:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, official City
time, except on Fridays and Saturdays when the hours shall be 11:00
P.M. to 6:00 A.M. of the following day, official City time; provided
that the provisions of this Section do not apply when the minor is
accompanied by his/her parent, guardian or other adult person having
the care and custody of the minor, or where the minor is upon an emergency
errand or legitimate business directed by his/her parent, guardian
or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor. Each
violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate
offense.
Any Police Officer finding a child violating the provisions of Section 215.1970 shall warn the child to desist immediately from such violation and take the child home to his/her parent or guardian. If such parent or guardian cannot be located, he/she shall retain custody until the parent or guardian is located and the child delivered to him/her. The officer shall also report the violation to his/her superior officer who shall cause a written notice to be served on the parent, guardian or person in charge of such child, setting forth the manner in which Section 215.1980 has been violated. Any parent, guardian or person in charge of such child who shall knowingly permit such child again to violate the provisions of said Section 215.1970, after receiving notice of the first (1st) violation, shall be subject to prosecution for a violation of Section 215.1980.
A.
CRIMINAL ACT
MINOR
PARENT
Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following
words and phrases are defined as follows:
An act which violates the Statutes of the United States,
the Statutes of the State of Missouri or the ordinances of the City
of Normandy, Missouri, including moving traffic violations.
Any person under the age of seventeen (17).
Mother, father, a legal guardian or any person having the
care or custody of a minor.
B.
No
parent shall knowingly permit, encourage, aid or cause a minor to
commit a criminal act or engage in any conduct which could be injurious
to the minor's morals or health. No parent shall fail to exercise
customary and effective control over a minor so as to contribute to,
cause or tend to cause a minor to commit a criminal act.
C.
Notification Of Responsibility.
1.
Whenever a minor shall be arrested or detained for the commission
of any criminal act within the City of Normandy, Missouri, the Police
Department shall immediately notify, in writing, the minor's parent
of the arrest or detention and shall advise the parent of his or her
responsibility under this Section and such parent shall appear in
the said Police Department within forty-eight (48) hours after such
notice.
2.
A record of said notifications shall be kept by the Police Department.
D.
Written parental notice as defined in Subsection (C) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of parental neglect if the minor commits a second (2nd) or successive violation of any criminal act. Each violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate offense. Any person who shall violate this Section shall be punished as provided in Section 100.210 of this Code. In addition, the court may, as a condition of any probation granted to any parent found guilty of violating this Section, order the defendant to make restitution to any person who has been damaged by the misconduct of the minor in an amount not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000.00).
