[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Rostraver 9-5-1989 as Part 8, Ch. 1, Art. B, of the 1989 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any privately owned place of business carried on for a profit,
or any place of amusement or entertainment to which the public is
invited.
Any individual under the age of 18 years.
Any person operating, managing or conducting any establishment;
and whenever used in any clause prescribing a penalty, the term "operator"
as applied to associations or partnerships shall include its members
or partners and as applied to corporations shall include its officers.
Any natural parent of a minor, a guardian or any adult person,
21 years of age or older, responsible for the care and custody of
a minor.
Any public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground,
public building or vacant lot.
To loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon.
A.ย
It shall be unlawful for any minor to remain in or
upon any public place or any establishment at any time between the
hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
B.ย
The provisions of this section shall not apply to
any minor accompanied by his parent or to any minor bearing a written
statement, dated that day and signed by his parent, declaring that
that minor is on an emergency errand.
C.ย
Each violation of any provision of this section shall
constitute a separate offense.
A.ย
It shall be unlawful for any parent knowingly to permit
a minor to remain in or upon any public place or any establishment
at any time between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following
day.
B.ย
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a parent who accompanied a minor, or who has furnished that minor with the written statement, referred to in ยงย 85-2B, authorizing him to be on an emergency errand.
C.ย
Each violation of any provision of this section shall
constitute a separate offense.
A.ย
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any establishment
or any of his agents or employees knowingly to permit any minor to
remain upon the premises of that establishment at any time between
the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
B.ย
Each violation of any provision of this section shall
constitute a separate offense.
A.ย
Any police officer who finds or observes a minor violating
any provision of this chapter shall obtain information from that minor
as to his name and address, his age and the name and address of his
parent or parents and shall direct that minor to proceed to his home
immediately. The police officer shall make a report of every such
incident to the Chief of Police, who shall mail a written notice to
the parents of the minor of the violation of this chapter by that
minor.
D.ย
The Chief of Police shall report to a society or organization
authorized to take charge of incorrigible and delinquent minors any
minor who violates this chapter more than three times, and a like
procedure shall be taken in cases where the arrest of a parent shall
not be effective, or where for any other reason the provisions of
this chapter cannot be made effective by the imposition of fines and
penalties as authorized by this section.
Where there are special events, programs or
functions by properly organized and supervised organizations to advance
legitimate recreation, character development, religious training and
school activities in the building of good citizenship in young people,
the Chief of Police shall grant special consideration in those cases
upon receipt of advance notice of the event, and minors will be permitted
to proceed directly home from the event without incident.