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Timestamp: 2019-07-22 09:52:56
Document Index: 400754467

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74']

Village of Penn Yan, NY Curfew
§ 74-1 Policy, purpose and findings.
§ 74-2 Definitions and word usage.
§ 74-3 Curfew established for minors.
§ 74-4 Exceptions and exemptions.
§ 74-5 Parental responsibility.
§ 74-6 Enforcement procedure.
§ 74-8 Notice.
Chapter 74 Curfew
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Penn Yan 10-21-1997 by L.L. No. 5-1997.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Chapter 74, Curfew, adopted 1-7-1974 (Ch. 16 of the 1969 Code), as amended.
Policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Village of Penn Yan to minimize nocturnal crime, juvenile delinquency and vandalism and to prevent the damage and destruction of both public and private property.
Purpose. It is the purpose of the Village to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the Village and to maintain rule and order by prescribing, in accordance with prevailing community standards, regulations concerning the presence of minors on streets, roads, highways, public parks or other public areas of the Village at night, to reduce juvenile crime and vandalism, to protect the children and minors of the Village and to further family responsibility.
Findings. The Board of Trustees of the Village hereby finds:
There has been a significant breakdown in the supervision normally provided by certain parents and guidance for minors resulting in minors being involved in a wide range of unacceptable conduct, including vandalism, noisy, rowdy and disturbing behavior, breaking and entering, public drinking, littering and harassment of Village residents.
Significant numbers of minors have been congregating in the Village after dark causing disturbance to residents.
Offensive activities of minors are not easily controlled by existing laws.
The sense of the community is that there is a proper time for cessation of outdoor activities by minors.
There is a need for a curfew for minors to achieve, under local conditions, the policy and purposes herein stated.
Curfew regulations will meet special needs, will enable the community to better control streets and public places, will be a significant factor in minimizing juvenile delinquency and will enable the police to act reasonably and fairly to prevent the violation of laws by minors.
The curfew hours declared by this chapter take into consideration the danger hours for nocturnal crime and for accumulations of minors with the potential risks incident to immaturity.
Curfew regulations in other communities have been a significant factor in reducing juvenile delinquency.
Parental responsibility for the whereabouts and conduct of minors should be the norm; as parental control increases, the likelihood of juvenile delinquency decreases.
Any person under the age of 18 years of age or, in equivalent phrasing sometimes employed herein, any person 17 or less years of age.
Any place to which the public has access, either privately or publicly owned, including but not limited to public streets, roads, thoroughfares, sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas, recreation or shopping areas, stores, cafes, restaurants, eating establishments, public transportation facilities, vehicles used for public transportation, parking lots or any other public building, structure or area.
To stay behind, to tarry or to stay in or upon a public place.
Based upon the prevailing standard of time, either Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Saving Time, generally observed at that hour by the public at large.
Years of age continues from one birthday to but not including the day of the next so that 17 or less years of age is equivalent to under 18 years of age.
The word "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is permissive; when not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular words, and words in the singular number include the plural.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for a minor to be or loiter or remain in, on or upon a public place within the Village between the following hours (the "curfew hours"):
Beginning at 10:00 p.m. on all other nights and extending until 5:00 a.m. on the following day.
When the minor is accompanied by a parent of such minor.
When the minor is accompanied by an adult authorized by a parent of such minor to take such parent's place in accompanying said minor for a designated period of time and purpose within a specified area.
When the minor is exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech and the right of such exercise, provided that the minor has in his possession a writing signed by the minor and by a parent of the minor with their home address and telephone number, specifying when, where and in what manner the minor will be in a public place during curfew hours in the exercise of a First Amendment right specified in such writing.
When the minor is, with parental consent, in or on a public place in a case of reasonable necessity.
When the minor is on the sidewalk or property where the minor resides or on either side of or across the street from the place where the minor resides and the adult owner or resident of that property has given permission to the minor to be there.
When the minor is, with parental consent, returning home from and within one hour after the termination of a school- or Village-sponsored activity or an activity of a religious, voluntary, cultural or community organization.
When the minor is, with parental consent, in a motor vehicle engaged in normal travel; when the minor is engaged in bona fide interstate movements along major routes through the Village and interstate travel beginning or ending in the Village.
When the minor is engaged in or traveling to or from a place of employment.
When the minor is engaged in an errand involving a medical emergency or other emergency involving an immediate and significant threat to life or property.
When the minor is 17 years of age and has parental consent for the use by such minor of generally designated public places for generally designated periods of time.
When the minor is authorized by a special permit from the Village Board carried on the person of the minor thus authorized as follows: when necessary nighttime activities of a minor are inadequately provided for by the provisions of this chapter, recourse may be had to the Village Board for a special permit as circumstances warrant. Upon the Village Board's finding of necessity for the use of a public place or places, and with written parental consent, the Village Board may grant a special permit in writing for use by such minor of a specified public place or places for specified periods of time as in the Village Board's judgment may be necessary. Such special permit may be revoked by the Village Board for good cause following a hearing.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for a parent knowingly to permit or by inefficient control to allow a minor to be or loiter or remain in or on or upon a public place in the Village during curfew hours under circumstances not constituting an exception to or exemption from or otherwise beyond the scope of this chapter.
If a police officer reasonably believes that a person is in a public place in violation of this chapter, the officer shall notify the person of such violation and shall require the person to provide his or her name, address, telephone number and how to contact his or her parents. In determining the age of the person, and in the absence of convincing evidence such as a birth certificate or driver's license, the officer shall use his or her best judgment in determining age.
If the officer determines or has reason to believe that a person is in violation of this chapter, he or she shall, if practicable, take the person to police headquarters where a parent shall be immediately notified and required to report to police headquarters and procure the person, whereupon the parent shall be questioned to ascertain, within constitutional limits, the relevant facts.
The officer shall issue an appearance ticket or tickets as the circumstances require.
The minor shall be released to the custody of the parent.
If a parent cannot be located or fails to take charge of the minor, the minor may temporarily be entrusted to a relative, neighbor or other person who will assume responsibility of caring for the minor pending availability of a parent.
In circumstances where the procedures in Subsections B, E and F of this section are impracticable, the officer shall comply with or cause compliance with the procedure in Subsections A, C, D and H of this section.
In the case of a first violation by a minor, the Chief of Police shall, by certified mail return receipt requested, send a parent written notice of the violation, with a warning that any subsequent violation will result in full enforcement of the curfew law, including the enforcement of parental responsibility and of applicable penalties.
Any minor under the age of 16 years of age violating the provisions of this chapter shall be dealt with in accordance with the procedures contained in § 74-6 herein and on each violation shall be treated as a first violator.
Any minor between the ages of 16 and 18 years of age convicted for violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $50 for the first conviction, $100 for the second conviction and $250 thereafter or by a term of imprisonment not to exceed 15 days or be required to perform community service, or any combination thereof.
Any parent convicted for violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $50 for the first conviction, $100 for the second conviction and $250 thereafter or by a term of imprisonment not to exceed 15 days or be required to perform community service, or any combination thereof
Notice of the existence of this chapter and of the curfew regulations established by it shall be posted from time to time in, on or at such public or quasi-public places as may be determined by the Chief of Police in order that the public may be informed of the existence of this chapter and its regulations.