(a) It shall be unlawful for any person under 18 years of age to loiter, lounge, loaf, wander, joyride, or play in or upon any public street, allay, public park, square or municipal parking lot or any sidewalk appurtenant thereto within the city after the hour of 12:00 midnight and before the hour of 6:00 a.m.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to any person under the age of 18 whose parent or legal guardian has renounced his or her right to the care, custody and earnings of that person or to any person under the age of 18 who is legally married.
(c) Exceptions. The curfew restrictions set out in subsection (a) shall not apply under the following circumstances:
(1) When the person under 18 years of age is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian;
(2) When the person under 18 years of age is attending a church or school function or other activity organized or sponsored by and under the supervision of a church or school or sponsored by parents or while returning home from any such function or activity by way of the most direct route;
(3) When the person under 18 years of age is going to or from a place of lawful employment by way of the most direct route;
(4) When the person under 18 years of age is engaged in normal travel through, to or from the city to another destination.
(d) Violations.
(1) Any police officer finding a person under 18 years of age in violation of this section shall ascertain the name and address of the minor and warn the minor that he or she is in violation of the curfew and shall direct the minor to proceed at once to his or her home or usual place of abode.
(2) If any minor refuses to heed the warning or direction by any police officer or refuses to give his or her correct name and address, he or she shall be taken to the police department and the parent/guardian or other adult having the care and custody of the minor shall be notified to come and take charge of the minor.
(e) It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian or other person lawfully entitled to the care, custody or control of any person under 18 years of age to knowingly suffer or permit such person to violate this section and the penalty for the first violation is $10.00; the second violation is $15.00 and the third violation is $100.00.
(f) Closing times on city public property that are stricter than this curfew shall still apply and may be enforced as a violation of this section.
(Ord. 10-311A; Code 2016)
(a) No person in an open space or within a structure, whether on public or private property, shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of 50 or more feet from the sound amplification system.
(b) Definitions.
(1) For purposes of this section, “sound amplification system” means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker, or other electronic device used for the amplification of sound.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “plainly audible” means any sound produced by a sound amplification system which clearly can be heard at a distance of 50 feet or more. Measurement standards shall be by the auditory senses, based upon a direct line of sight. Words or phrases need not be discernable and bass reverberation are included.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system, and that either of the following apply:
(1) The system was being operated to request medical or other emergency assistance or to warn of a hazardous condition;
(2) The system was used in authorized public activities, such as parades, fireworks, sports events, musical productions and other activities which have the approval of the governing body or the department of the city authorized to grant such approval.
(Ord. 6-204; Code 2016; Ord. 2017-001)
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to place, throw or deposit or cause to be placed, deposited or left any dirt, filth, sweepings, excrement, compost, papers, boxes, ashes, lumber, coal, wood, kindling, grass, weeds, leaves, slops or litter of any kind in or on any street, alley, park, or public ways of the city.
(Ord. 10-210; Code 2016)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drop, deposit or dump any chemicals or hazardous waste onto public property, including streets, ditches and the sewer system.
(Code 2016)