OFFENSES RELATING TO MINORS

8-6-101: Curfew

8-6-102: Aiding or Assisting Curfew Violation

8-6-103: Billiard and Pool Halls

8-6-104: Misrepresentation of Age

8-6-105: Alcoholic Beverages

8-6-106: Supplying Alcoholic Beverages

8-6-101: Curfew. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), it shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of sixteen (16) years to be in or on any public street, park, square, or any public place between the hours of 11:00 o'clock p.m. and 5:00 o'clock a.m. the following day.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), it shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years to be in or on any public street, park, square, or any public place between the hours of 11:00 o'clock p.m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and 5:00 o'clock the following morning, or between the hours of 1:00 o'clock a.m. and 5:00 o'clock a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

(3) The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to any circumstance in which the minor is:

(a) accompanied by a parent, guardian, or other responsible adult having care and custody of the minor;

(b) engaged in a legitimate trade, employment or occupation which requires the minor's presence in or on the public places while engaged in such employment or traveling to or from such employment;

(c) engaged on an emergency errand;

(d) attending or engaged in traveling between the minor's home or place of residence and any bona fide religious, municipal, sporting, entertainment, political or school function.

(e) within the boundaries of the minor's place of residence; or

(f) in a motor vehicle engaged in normal interstate travel beginning in, traveling through, or ending in the city.

(4) Any minor who is in violation of subsection (1) or (2) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be arrested. Upon arrest, the minor shall be delivered to the custody of the parent, guardian, or other person having the care and custody of the minor. In shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having the care and custody of a minor who is arrested for violation of subsection (1) or (2) of this section to knowingly refuse to take physical custody of the minor within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by a peace officer.

(5) For purposes of this section:

(a) "Care and custody" means the legal authority of a parent or guardian to supervise or otherwise be responsible for a minor, or the express authority given from such parent or guardian to another adult to supervise or otherwise be responsible for the activities and care of the minor.

(b) "Emergency errand" means any errand or travel undertaken to directly and immediately seek to prevent or reduce the consequences of an illness or injury, criminal or potential criminal activity, fire or accident, and shall include the seeking of aid and assistance from medical or emergency response personnel and the purchase of medicine.

(c) "Minor" means any unmarried, unemancipated person who is not a member of the armed forces of the United States and who is under the age of sixteen (16) years for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section or who is under the age of eighteen (18) years for purposes of subsection (2) of this section.

(d) "Public place" means any place open to the public, whether publicly or privately owned, including, but not limited to, parking lots and the interiors and exteriors of commercial establishments such as restaurants, stores and places of entertainment.

(1968 Code 6-2-1; 1979 Code 8-6-1; amended in codification; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92; amended by Ord. No. 1-94)

8-6-102: Aiding or Assisting Curfew Violation. (1) It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having care and custody of any minor to knowingly allow or permit the minor to violate the provisions of Section 8-6-102.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to assist, aid, abet, permit, or encourage any minor to violate the provisions of 8-6-101.

(3) It shall be unlawful for any proprietor, keeper, clerk, or other person having charge or control of any cafe, tavern, restaurant, bar, eating place or public dance hall within the City to permit any person under the age of eighteen years to remain in said public place during the curfew hours provided in 8-6-101.

(4) A person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Statutory Authority UCA 10-8-39; 1968 Code 6-2-2; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 8-6-2; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92; amended by Ord. No. 1-94)

8-6-103: Billiard and Pool Halls. It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to frequent, loiter, or remain in any pool or billiard hall if beer is kept, sold or consumed on the premises. It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of fourteen (14) years to frequent, loiter, or remain in any pool or billiard hall in this City.

(Statutory Authority UCA 10-8-40; 1968 Code 6-2-3; 1979 Code 8-6-3; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-6-104: Misrepresentation of Age . It shall be unlawful for any minor to misrepresent his age, or for any other person to knowingly misrepresent the age of a minor, for the purpose of obtaining an alcoholic beverage.

(Statutory Authority UCA 32-7-15.5; added in codification 1979; 1979 Code 8-6-4; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-6-105: Alcoholic Beverages. No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall purchase, consume, or possess any alcoholic beverage. Alcoholic beverage means and includes beer and liquor as they are defined in the Utah Liquor Control Act.

(Statutory Authority UCA 10-8-47; 1968 Code 6-2-4; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 8-6-5; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-6-106: Supplying Alcoholic Beverages. It shall be unlawful for any person to give, sell, or otherwise supply to any person under the age of twenty one (21) years any beer or other alcoholic beverage. This Section shall not apply to the supplying of such beer or alcoholic beverage to such persons for medicinal purposes as allowed by the Utah Liquor Control Act.

(Statutory Authority UCA 10-8-47 and 32-7-15; 1968 Code 6-2-5; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 8-6-6; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

CHAPTER 7

OFFENSES AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

8-7-101: Disturbance of School Activities

8-7-102: Indecent Conduct

8-7-103: Improper Use of Vehicles

8-7-104: Loitering

8-7-105: Visitor's Permits

8-7-106: Failure to Leave When Directed

8-7-107: Injury or Destruction of Property

8-7-101: Disturbance of School Activities. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter for any person to willfully annoy, disturb or impede any student of any school and the lawful pursuit of such student's education, to willfully annoy, disturb or impede any employee of any school in the lawful performance of such employee's duty, or to willfully disturb or impede the peaceful and orderly conduct of the operation and activities of any school, by loud or unusual noise, by tumultuous or offensive conduct, or by unbecoming, indecent or immoral behavior or by threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight or fighting, or by the use of abusive, menacing, threatening, insulting, slanderous, profane or vulgar language.

(1968 Code 6-4-1 as enacted by Ordinance No. 2-72; 1979 Code 8-7-1; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-7-102: Indecent Conduct. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter for any person to speak, behave, or conduct himself or herself in any obscene, lewd, wanton, indecent or immoral manner on or about any school premises.

(1968 Code 6-4-2 as enacted by Ordinance No. 2-72; 1979 Code 8-7-2; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-7-103: Improper Use of Vehicles. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter for any person to drive, park or operate in any manner a vehicle on any school premises or any street, sidewalk or public way adjacent thereto for the purpose of annoying, disturbing or molesting any student or employee of such school, or for the purpose of inducing, enticing or inviting any student or employee of such school into or upon such vehicle for any unlawful purpose.

(1968 Code 6-4-3 as enacted by Ordinance No. 2-72; 1979 Code 8-7-3; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-7-104: Loitering. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter for any person to loiter or idle on or about any school premises or any street, sidewalk or public way adjacent thereto, either on foot or in or on any vehicle or other means of transportation, during usual school hours while classes are in session or at any other time while students are present at the school or school grounds for any school activity when such person has no lawful business at or in connection with such school or in the area thereabouts.

(1968 Code 6-4-4 as enacted by Ordinance No. 2-72; 1979 Code 8-7-4; amended by Ordinance No. 15-81; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-7-105: Visitor's Permits. All persons, except students of the school, employees of the school, invitees of the school's employees, and persons whose employment requires them to be on the premises of the school, are visitors to that school when entering upon the school premises. All visitors coming on the school premises shall proceed immediately to the school's office and obtain a visitor's permit. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter for any visitor to remain upon the school premises during usual school hours while classes are in session without having such a permit.

(1968 Code 6-4-5 as enacted by Ordinance No. 2-72; 1979 Code 8-7-5; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-7-106: Failure to Leave When Directed. Any person who remains on school premises and does not have a visitor's permit when required; or who violates any rule or regulation of the school and after being informed of such rule or regulation fails to immediately cease and desist from its violation; or, whose presence or acts interfere with the peaceful conduct of the activities of the school, and who remains on the school premises after being asked to leave by the principal of the school or his representative or agent, or other officer or employee designated by the principal to maintain order on the school premises, is guilty of a violation of this Chapter.

(1968 Code 6-4-6 as enacted by Ordinance No. 2-72; 1979 Code 8-7-6; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)

8-7-107: Injury or Destruction of Property. (1) It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter for any person to maliciously injure or destroy any real or personal property belonging to or under the control of any school, or maliciously injure or destroy any personal property not his own which is lawfully present upon the school premises.

(2) It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter to maliciously injure, disfigure or destroy any building or structure or part thereof, any monument or work of art, any useful or ornamental improvement, or any tree or ornamental shrub or plant on any school premises or belonging to or under the control of any school.

(3) It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter for any person to maliciously cut, tear, deface, break or injure any book, map, chart, picture, engraving, statue, coin, model, apparatus or other work of literature, art or mechanics, or object of curiosity, belonging to or under the control of any school or lawfully present upon the school premises.

(1968 Code 6-4-7 as enacted by Ordinance No. 2-72; 1979 Code 8-7-7; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)