Chapter 8.84
CURFEW
Sections
8.84.010 Persons under 18, over 15
8.84.030 Parental responsibility
8.84.010 Persons under 18, over 15
No person under the age of 18 years and over the age of 15 years shall be upon the public streets, alleys, parks, public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots, or other unsupervised places between 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 12:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 5:00 a.m. of the following day, unless such person is accompanied by and in the charge of a parent, guardian, or other adult person, or upon any emergency errand or legitimate business directed by the person’s parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor; provided, that for special religious, school, or civic events the curfew hour shall be 1:00 a.m. [CCK §7.4.4(2)]
8.84.020 Persons under 16
No person under the age of 16 years shall be upon the public streets, alleys, parks, public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots, or other unsupervised places, between 9:30 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, 10:00 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 5:00 a.m. of the following day, unless such person is accompanied by and in the charge of the person’s parent, guardian, or other adult person, or upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by the person’s parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor; provided, that for special religious, school, or civic events the curfew hour shall be 12:00 a.m. [CCK §7.4.4(2)]
8.84.030 Parental responsibility
No parent, guardian, or other person having the custody and control of children under the age of 18 years and over the age of 15 years, or of children under the age of 16 years, respectively, shall allow such child to go or be upon any public street or other places as listed in this chapter during the respective hours listed in KCC 8.84.010 and 8.84.020, unless such child is accompanied by the child’s parent or other competent and adult person, or is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by a parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor. In any prosecution for the violation of any provision of this chapter, the presence of any person under the age of 18 years and over the age of 15 years, or of any person under the age of 16 years, respectively, unattended as herein required, upon any of the public streets or other places as listed in this chapter, is prima facie evidence of the guilt of such parent, guardian, or other person having the custody and control of such child, and of the violation of the provisions hereof. [CCK §7.4.4(3)]