[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Suffern 2-8-1971 as Ch. 11 of the 1971 Code; amended in its entirety at time of adoption
of Code 3-12-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990; see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I, Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Suffern takes recognition
of requests by the Police Department and residents of the Village
to impose a curfew on minors.
[Amended 6-24-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
No person under the age of 16 years shall be or remain in or
upon any streets, sidewalks, alleys or public places of the Village
of Suffern, New York, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and dawn unless
such person is accompanied by a parent, guardian or other person having
legal control or custody of such minor person or unless the employment
of such person makes it necessary to be upon said streets, alleys
or public places during the nighttime after said specified hours,
provided that the exception shall not apply when the person under
age shall be playing or unnecessarily loitering in or upon such street,
alley or public place.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any minor
below the age of 16 years who shall be gainfully employed during these
hours, who shall be a bona fide student of a school of evening instruction,
who shall be in attendance at a function sponsored by a religious
or school organization or who shall be in attendance at a properly
supervised recreational program or social event, during the time necessarily
required to travel between such minor's residence and the place
of assembly.
Nothing in § 117-2 or 117-3 of this chapter shall be so construed as to authorize the arrest of any such minor person who shall have in his possession a written or printed permit signed by the parent or guardian or person having the legal custody of such minor person and dated in ink for the day it is to be used, which said permit shall state that said minor person is absent from home for some necessary purpose. But in order that said permit shall exempt such minor person from arrest on the evening for which it is dated, said minor person shall not be found unnecessarily loitering or playing upon any of the streets, alleys or public places of the Village.
It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having the legal care, custody or control of a person under the age of 16 years to allow or permit any such child, ward or other person under such age, while in such legal custody, to go or be in or upon any of the streets, alleys or public places of this Village after the hour prohibited by § 117-2 of this chapter, unless there exists a reasonable necessity therefor and they shall have furnished said minor person with the permit hereinbefore specified.
