Chapter 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.)

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 No. 514, § 1, adopted Apr. 17, 2018, repealed § 16-5, which pertained to tattooing prohibited and derived from Ord.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.