CHAPTER 1
CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER
ARTICLE 4. CURFEW FOR MINORS
SECTION:
§6030: Minors Under Eighteen Years
§6031: Minors Under Sixteen Years
§6032: Exception Where Minor Accompanied By Adult
§6033: Exception Of Certain Places
§6034: Exception Of Travel To Or From Excepted Place
§6035: Exception Of Employment Or Travel To Or From Employment
§6037: Authority To Detain Minor Violating Article; Institution Of Juvenile Court Proceedings
§6038: Parent Or Adult Custodian Who Permits Minor To Violate Article Is Guilty Of Misdemeanor
§6030 MINORS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS
It shall be unlawful for any minor person under the age of eighteen (18) years to loiter or loaf or to congregate or be present at or to be upon any public street, way, square, park, place, building or at or in any place of business, or business house, or public dance hall, or other place designed for the accommodation of the public between the hours of eleven o’clock (11:00) P.M. of one day and five o’clock (5:00) A.M. of the following day. Any person who has not attained his eighteenth birthday shall be deemed to be under the age of eighteen (18) years. (Ord. 394, §1, adopted 1947)
§6031 MINORS UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS
(Deleted by Ord. 864, §2, adopted 1987)
§6032 EXCEPTION WHERE MINOR ACCOMPANIED BY ADULT
The provisions of §§6030 and 6031 hereof shall not apply to any minor who at the time mentioned in such sections is accompanied by his parent, guardian or other adult person having the lawful custody of such minor. (Ord. 394, §3 adopted 1947)
§6033 EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN PLACES
The provisions of §§6030 and 6031 shall not be deemed to apply to the following places, to-wit: public theatres and places where supervised entertainment or play or instruction for minors under the age of eighteen (18) years in conducted; provided, however, that this exception shall apply only to minors who are in attendance at such theatres or places for the purpose of attending the entertainment, supervised entertainment, play or instruction thereby afforded. (Ord. 394, §4, adopted 1947)
§6034 EXCEPTION OF TRAVEL TO OR FROM EXCEPTED PLACE
The provisions of §§6030 and 6031 hereof shall not apply to any minor while engaged in going to or returning from, in direct routes, the places mentioned in §6033 hereof and his home or other place of abode; provided, however, in the event such minor stops or loiters or loafs or congregates or deviates from such direct route this exception shall not apply and the provisions of §§6030 and 6031 hereof shall then apply. (Ord. 394, §5, adopted 1947)
§6035 EXCEPTION OF EMPLOYMENT OR TRAVEL TO OR FROM EMPLOYMENT
The provisions of §§6030 and 6031 hereof shall not apply to any minor who is lawfully employed, or to such a minor while engaged in going to or returning from his place of employment in a direct route between such place of employment and his place of abode. (Ord. 394, §6, adopted 1947)
§6036 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
Any minor violating the terms of this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 394, §7, adopted 1947)
§6037 AUTHORITY TO DETAIN MINOR VIOLATING ARTICLE; INSTITUTION OF JUVENILE COURT PROCEEDINGS
Any minor violating the provisions of this Article may be immediately apprehended and lawfully detained and appropriate proceedings may be instituted under and pursuant to the provisions of the Juvenile Court Law as set forth in the Welfare and Institutions Code of the State of California. (Ord. 394, §8, adopted 1947)
§6038 PARENT OR ADULT CUSTODIAN WHO PERMITS MINOR TO VIOLATE ARTICLE IS GUILTY OF MISDEMEANOR
Any parent, guardian, or other adult person having the lawful custody, permanent or temporary, of any minor person who suffers or permits or lets, either willfully or negligently, such minor violate the provisions of this Article, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the City Jail for a term of not exceeding ninety (90) days, or shall be fined in a sum not in excess of three hundred dollars ($300.00), or shall be other imprisoned and fined in accordance with the time and amount set forth in this Section. (Ord. 394, §9, adopted 1947)