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CHAPTER IV - PENAL REGULATIONS <br /> <br />SECTION 400 - CURFEW <br /> <br />400.00 - DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />MINOR: means any individual who is under the age of 18 and has <br />not been declared by a court of competent jurisdiction as being <br />emancipated. <br /> <br />PARENT: means any individual who is over the age of 18 and is <br />the birth or adoptive parent of the minor, or who has the legal <br />custody of a minor as established by order of a court of <br />competent jurisdiction. This definition excludes individuals who <br />are providing foster care as it is defined in Minnesota Statute <br />260.015, subd. 7. <br /> <br />400.02 - CURFEW FOR MINORS <br /> <br />1. It shall be unlawful for any minor who is unaccompanied by a <br />parent, or an adult who does not have the permission of the <br />parent to be with the minor, to be present upon any public <br />street, avenue, alley, park, playground or place open to the <br />public, or place of amusement and entertainment, vacant lot, or <br />other unsupervised place in the City during the following hours: <br /> <br />A. Under the Age of Sixteen (16) - If the minor is under <br />the age of sixteen (16), between the hours of 10:00 p.m. of <br />any day and 5:00 a.m. of the following day; <br /> <br />B. Under the Age of Eighteen (18) - If the minor is under <br />the age of eighteen (18), but over the age of fifteen (15}, <br />between the hours of 12:00 a.m. of any day and 5:00 a.m. of <br />the following day. <br /> <br />2. Organized Activity or Employment - It shall be an <br />affirmative defense to a prosecution under this ordinance if, at <br />the time of the curfew violation, the minor is involved with an <br />organized school or church activity or is in the employ of a <br />business. <br /> <br />3. Liability of Parent - It shall be unlawful for any parent of <br />a minor to allow or permit such minor to violate the provisions <br />of this ordinance. <br /> <br />4. Liability of Proprietor - It shall be unlawful for any <br />person operating or in charge of any place of amusement, <br />entertainment or refreshment, or other place of business, to <br />permit any minor to loiter or idle in such place contrary to the <br />provisions of this ordinance. Any such proprietor shall <br />immedia%ely order such minor person to leave such place, and if <br />such person refuses to leave, the proprietor shall immediately <br />notify the Police Department of the violation. <br /> <br />4. i <br /> <br /> <br />