Alturas Municipal Code Ch. 16 Offenses—miscellaneous

It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, play or drive or be driven in a motor vehicle in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places, between the hour of 11:00 P.M. and the daylight of the following day, official city time; provided, however, that the provisions of this section do not apply to a minor accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian or other adult person having legal care and custody of such minor, or where the minor is upon the emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his or her parent or legal guardian.

(Ord. No. 310, § 1.)

Any parent or other person assisting, aiding, abetting, permitting or encouraging any minor under the age of eighteen years to violate the provisions of section 16-1 or 16-3.2 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 310, § 2.)

Each owner, agent, manager or keeper of a hotel, boardinghouse, lodginghouse, tenement house, motor court, or apartment house shall immediately report to the office of the city police the presence therein of any minor under the age of eighteen years, unless such minor is accompanied by the parent, guardian or other adult person having the legal care and custody of such minor, and in making such report shall state to the office of the city police the minor's name, age, last known place of abode and name of the parents or guardian, or other custodian of such minor, so far as such information can be ascertained from such minor or otherwise.

(Ord. No. 310, § 3.)

It shall be unlawful within the city for any proprietor, keeper, clerk or any other person having charge or control of any cafe, tavern, restaurant, bar, eating place or public dance hall, pool hall or bowling alley, to permit any person under the age of eighteen years to remain in such public place between the hour of 11:00 p.m. and daylight immediately following, unless such person is accompanied by a parent, guardian or other adult having the legal care and custody of such minor.

(Ord. No. 310, § 4.)

The provisions of sections 16-1 to 16-3.3, save and except section 16-1 hereof, shall not apply on nights where the minor dealt with is attending a bona fide meeting, school activity, dance or party at a church, school, or youth club, or a theatre, provided that on such nights it shall be unlawful for a minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, play or drive or be driven in a motor vehicle in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the hours of 12:00 midnight and daylight immediately following except where such minor is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian or an adult person having the legal care and custody of such minor.

(Ord. No. 310, § 5.)

Whenever any minor is arrested for the violation of sections 16-1 to 16-3.2, the office of the probation officer of the county shall be notified, and a copy of the arrest report, setting forth the circumstances of the arrest of such minor, shall be forwarded to the office of the probation officer of the county.

(Ord. No. 310, § 6.)

No person not a peace officer shall fire or discharge within the city any firearm; any air rifle or mechanical device by means of which a shot or missile is discharged or propelled by compressed air; or, except when target practicing at inanimate targets, any bow and arrow, without securing a permit therefor from the chief of police of the city, which permit shall be issued under such regulations as the city council shall by resolution prescribe. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the discharge of firearms, air rifles or other devices within the enclosure of any shooting gallery, rifle or pistol range, equipped and conducted in accordance with such regulations as the city council shall by resolution prescribe.

(Ord. No. 12, § 2; Ord. No. 221, § 2; Ord. No. 404, § 1.)

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1. For state law as to discharge of firearms, see Pen. C., § 246. See also, Pen. C., § 374.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 514, § 1, adopted Apr. 17, 2018, repealed § 16-5, which pertained to tattooing prohibited and derived from Ord. No. 419.