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QRDINANCE NO. 1143
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<br />CURFEW FOR MINORS
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<br />AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE PRESENCE OF MINORS UNDER THE AGE
<br />OF 18YEARS IN PUBLIC STREETS AND OTHER PLACES BETWEEN THE
<br />HOURS OF 10 P.N AND 6 A.M., DEFINING DUTIES OF PARENTS OR
<br />OTHERS IN CARE OF MINORS, PROVIDING FOR ARREST AND PENALTIES
<br />FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
<br />THEREWITH.
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<br />THE COUNCIL OF THE C ITT OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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<br /> Section 1. LOITERING OF MINORS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any
<br />minor under the age of 18 years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the
<br />public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds,
<br />public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots
<br />or other unsupervised places or trespass on private property between the hours of
<br />10 P.M., and 8 A.M. of the following day, standard time; provided, however, that the
<br />provisions of this section shall not apply to a minor accompanied by his or her parent,
<br />guardian, or other adult person having the c are and custody of said minor or when said
<br />minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his or her parent,
<br />guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of said minor.
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<br /> Each violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate
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<br />offense.
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<br />Section 2. RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS. It shall be unlawful for the parent,
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<br />guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of a~minor under the age of
<br />18 years to knowingly permit such minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or
<br />upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public
<br />grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment,
<br />vacant lots or other unsupervised places, or trespass on private property between the
<br />hours of l0 P.M., and ~ A.M. of the following day, standard time; provided, however,
<br />that the provisions of this section shall not apply when the minor is accompanied by
<br />his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and cutody of said
<br />minor or when said minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed
<br />by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of
<br />said minor.
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<br /> Each violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate
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<br />offense.
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<br /> It shall not constitute a defense hereto that such parent, guardian or other
<br />person having the care and custody of a minor coming within the provisions of this
<br />ordinance, did not have knowledge of the presence of said minor in or upon any streets,
<br />alleys, highways, roads, public places, vacant lots or ether unsupervised places in
<br />violation of Section i hereof.
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<br /> Section 3. Every law enforcement officer is hereby authorized and empowered
<br />to demand from any person whom he has reasonable cause to believe comes within the pro-
<br />visions of this ordinance and who is found loitering, idling, wandering, strolling or
<br />playing in or upon the public streets, highwaym, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or
<br />other public grounds, public places, public buildings, places of amusement and enter-
<br />tainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places or trespass on private property
<br />without his or her parents, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody
<br />of such person, between the hours of l0 P.M., and 6 A.M. of the following day, that
<br />such person give his or her name, address, parents, names and fUrnish proof of his or
<br />her age or proof that he or she is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business
<br />directed by his or her parents, guardian or other adu~ person having the care and
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