For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases
are defined as follows:
Guardian appointed by court of competent jurisdiction.
Any person under the age of seventeen (17).
The natural or adoptive father or mother, legal guardian
or any other person having the care or custody of a minor child.
Any act or omission by which a parent fails to exercise customary
and effective control over a minor so as to contribute to, cause or
tend to cause a minor to commit any offense.
A.
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, highways, roads, alleys, 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 11:00 P.M.
and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, except on Fridays and Saturdays
when the hours shall be 12:00 Midnight to 6:00 A.M. of the following
day; provided however, 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.
B.
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 play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys,
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 set forth
in the foregoing Section; provided however, 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.
C.
Any Police Officer of the City of Woodson Terrace finding a child violating the provisions of Subsection (A) of this Section within the City of Woodson Terrace shall warn the child to desist immediately from such violation and take the child home to his/her parent or guardian. If said 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 the Chief of Police who shall cause a written notice to be served on the parent, guardian or person in charge of said child, setting forth the manner in which the Section has been violated. Any parent, guardian or person in charge of said child who shall knowingly permit such child again to violate the provisions of said Subsection (A) of this Section, after receiving notice of the first (1st) violation, shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
A.
Whenever
a minor shall be arrested or detained for the commission of any offense
within the City, the Police Department shall, as soon as possible
thereafter, deliver written notice to the minor's parent of the arrest
or detention, and such notice shall advise the parent of his/her responsibility
under this Section. The notice shall be in such a form as to be signed
by the notified parent signifying receipt thereof. If the parent refuses
to sign said notice, the notifying Law Enforcement Officer shall indicate
such refusal on the notice.
B.
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 any offense. Written parental notice as defined in Subsection (A) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of parental neglect if the minor commits a second (2nd) or successive violation of any offense.
C.
Each violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate offense. Any person who shall violate this Section shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days and/or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first (1st) violation, not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second (2nd) violation, and not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any successive violation. In addition, the court may, as a condition of any probation granted to any parent found guilty of violating Subsection (B) of 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 two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
