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ORDINANCE NO. 418
AN ORDINANCE M1ENDING SECTION 15-10, OF THE sEWARD CODE OF
ORDINANCES TO EXTEND THE CURFEH FRmt 11 :do P .14., TO i2 :00 p.M.,
FOR PERSONS AGE 16 to 18.
THE CITY OF SEHARD, ALASKA, ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 15-10, of the Seward City Code of Ordinances
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-10. Minors--Curfew; responsibility of parents, etc.
(a) No person under sixteen years of age shall be in or upon the
public streets, alleys, parks, public buildings, places of amusement or
entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the
hours of 11:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M., any day of the week, and no persons
sixteen and over, but under eighteen years of age shall be in or upon
the public streets, alleys, parks, public buildings, places of amusement
or entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places, between
the hours of 12:00 P.M., and 5:00 A.M., of any day of the week, unless
such persons shall be accompanied by and be in charge of his parent
or guardian, or upon an emerp,ency errand of legitimate business directed
by his parent or guardian, or other adult person having the legal care
and custody of the juvenile, or due to the course of regular employment
or traveling to or from employment.
(b) Any person under sixteen years of age who may in any of the place
stated in subsection (a) of this section or who shall be found loitering
in the city between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M. or any persons
sixteen and over, but under eighteen years of age who may be in any of the
places stated in subsection (a) of this section, or who shall be found
loitering in the city between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M., shall
be considered as in violation of this section unless that person shall have
on his person a valid written and Signed statement. Such a statement shall
be signed by his parent or legally appointed guardian. This statement
shall be presented to the city patrolman making such check and he may
immediately check with the person whose signature appears on the statement.
(c) No parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of any
child under the age of eighteen years shall allow such child to go or to
be in any of those places stated in subsection (a) of this section after
the permitted hours of any day, unless such child be accompanied by his
parent, guardian or other person having legal custody unless the child is
on an emergency errand or legitimate business in which case the child shall
have a written statement on his person, as specified in subsection (b)
of this section.
(d) In case of school activities which may extend past the hours
12:00 P.M., chiLdren under the age of eighteen years shall be allowed
in or upon any of the places stated in this section for a time not to
exceed thirty minutes after activities have ceased.
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(e) In the prosecution for the violation of any of the provisions
of this section, the presence of any person under eighteen years of age,
unattended as herein required, upon any of the places stated in this
section, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the guilt of such parent,
guardian or legally appointed custodian having the care and custody of
such person and of the violations of the provisions of this section.
(f) No exception to the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) shall
be allowed, unless approved and orior authority therefor, be granted by
the Chief of Police.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance takes effect immediately upon passage
and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCtL OF THE CITY OF SEHARD, ALASKA,
THIS
26th day of
April
,1976.
CITY OF SEHARD, ALAsKA
By Is/Richard A. Neve'
Richard A. Neve', !tayor
FIRST READING: 3/22/76
SECOND READING: 4/15/76
ADOPTION: 4/26/76
AYES: Gillespie, Dieckgraeff, Dague, Matt & Oldaw
NOES: n a n e
ABSENT: Neve' and Hulm
ATTEST:
as to Form:
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