El Cerrito Municipal Code Art. 1 Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

A. "Emergency" shall mean an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that justifies immediate action. Emergency includes, but is not limited to, a fire, a natural disaster, an automobile accident, or any situation justifying immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury, loss of life or damage to property.

B. "Guardian" shall mean:

1. A person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor and may, under appropriate circumstances, include a person who, under court order, is the guardian of the estate of a minor; or

2. A public or private agency with whom a youth has been placed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or

3. A person who is at least eighteen years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have the care and custody of a minor.

C. "Juvenile" shall mean any person less than eighteen years of age. "Juvenile" is synonymous with "youth" and "minor."

D. "Loiter" shall mean to delay, to linger or to idle about.

E. "Minor" shall mean any person less than eighteen years of age. "Minor" is synonymous with "youth" and "juvenile."

F. "Official warning" means documentation that the minor and/or parent or guardian, has been contacted, detained and/or counseled.

G. "Parent" shall mean a person who is a natural parent, adoptive parent, or step-parent of a minor.

H. "Public place" shall mean any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, sidewalks, highways, parking lots, private residences left open to the public without the presence of a parent or guardian as a supervisor and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, multiple family dwellings, office buildings, transport facilities, shopping centers, commercial establishments, retail establishments, and shops.

I. "Remain" shall mean to loiter, linger or stay, whether on foot or in a vehicle, or fail to leave a public place when requested to do so by a police officer or the owner, operator or person in control of the public place.

J. "Youth" shall mean any person less than eighteen years of age and is synonymous with the term "minor" and "juvenile."

K. "Curfew hours" shall be from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m., except Friday and Saturday nights, when they shall be from 11:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m.

(Ord. No. 2010-02, § II, 2-1-2010)