Source: https://ecode360.com/11085758
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 08:48:12+00:00

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§ 136-4 Unlawful conduct of minor.
§ 136-5 Unlawful conduct of parents.
§ 136-6 Unlawful conduct of operators of establishments.
§ 136-7 Rules and regulations.
§ 136-9 Violations and penalties.
This chapter shall be known as the "East Hempfield Township Curfew Ordinance."
Fostering and strengthening parental responsibility for children.
The period of time between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday nights and 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.
Refers to unforeseen circumstances, or the status or condition resulting therefrom, requiring immediate action to safeguard life, limb or property. The term includes, but is not limited to, fires, natural disaster, automobile accidents or other similar circumstances.
Any privately owned place of business operated for profit, including any place of amusement or entertainment to which the public is invited.
Any person less than 18 years of age. For the purpose of this chapter, any person shall be deemed to be 18 years of age on the date of his or her 18th birthday and not before this time.
The biological or adoptive parent of a minor, a legal guardian or an adult person 21 years of age or over and who is authorized by a minor's parent or legal guardian to be responsible, either temporarily or permanently, for the custody or care of any minor or for the control of such minor.
Any public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground, vacant lot or any private building, structure or area to which the public is invited or in which the public is allowed to remain.
The minor is engaged in an activity related to his or her employment or is going to or returning home from such activity without detour or stop.
The minor is attending an activity sponsored by a school, religious or civic organization, by a public organization or agency, or by another similar organization or entity, which activity is supervised by adults, and/or the minor is going to or returning from such an activity without detour or stop.
The minor is on an errand at the direction of a parent, and the minor has in his or her possession a written statement signed by the parent containing the following information: the name, signature, address and telephone number of the parent authorizing the errand, the telephone number where the parent may be reached during the errand, the same of the minor, a brief description of the errand, the minor's destination(s) and the hours the minor is authorized to be engaged in the errand; no minor or parent shall falsify the documents described above.
The minor is involved in interstate travel through or beginning or terminating in East Hempfield Township.
No parent shall knowingly permit any minor to remain in or upon any public place or establishment after hours unless the minor is engaged in an activity permitted under § 136-4 of this chapter. "Knowingly" shall mean knows or has reason to know.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized from time to time to promulgate such rules and regulations, including the extension of hours for special occasions, as, in his or her opinion, shall be necessary or useful in the enforcement of this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall, however, be subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors of East Hempfield Township.
Before taking any enforcement action under this section, a police officer shall ask the apparent offender's age and reason for being in the public place. The officer shall not issue a citation or make an arrest under this section unless the officer reasonably believes that an offense has occurred and that, based on any response and other circumstances, no exception set forth in § 136-4 applies.
Any minor or parent who violates the provisions of this chapter for the first time may be issued a citation. The minor may be taken into temporary custody, in which case his or her parents or other appropriate person shall be notified and the minor shall be released into the custody of the appropriate parent or parents of the minor or to a brother or sister 18 years of age or older. If no such person is available after reasonable efforts have been made to locate such person, then the minor shall be released to such agencies or institutions as are established for juvenile welfare.
First offense: up to $10.
Second offense: up to $25.
Third offense: up to $50.
Fourth offense: up to $100. Parents are subject to imprisonment up to 90 days and minors to referral to the juvenile court system.
Fifth and subsequent offenses: up to $300. Parents are subject to imprisonment up to 90 days and minors to referral to the juvenile court system.
The practicality of enforcing this chapter and any problems with enforcement identified by East Hempfield Township Police Department.
Number of juveniles taken into custody for curfew violations.
Number of official citizen complaints filed regarding the enforcement of this chapter.

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