Oxnard Municipal Code Art. IV Curfew

For purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings:

(A) CURFEW HOURS - The time between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.

(B) EMERGENCY - An unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action, including but not limited to, a fire, a natural disaster, or automobile accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.

(C) ESTABLISHMENT - Any privately-owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including but not limited to, any place of amusement or entertainment.

(D) GUARDIAN -

(1) A person who, under court order, is responsible for the care and maintenance of a minor; or

(2) A public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court.

(E) MINOR - Any person under the age of 18 years.

(F) OPERATOR - Any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating, managing, or conducting any establishment, including the members of partners of an association or partnership and the officers of a corporation.

(G) PARENT - A person who is:

(1) A natural parent, adoptive parent, or step-parent of another person; or

(2) At least 18 years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have the care and custody of a minor.

(H) PUBLIC PLACE - Any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.

(I) REMAIN -

(1) To stay behind, to linger and to stay unnecessarily upon the streets, including the congregating groups (or of interacting minors) totaling four or more persons in which any minor involved would not be using the streets for one of the exemptions listed in this chapter.

(2) To fail to leave premises when requested to do so by a law enforcement officer or the owner, operator, or other person in control of premises.

(`64 Code, Sec. 20-9) (Ord. No. 2452)

No minor shall be in or remain in or upon public property, a public place, on the premises of any establishment or vacant lot within the city during curfew hours.

(`64 Code, Sec. 20-10) (Ord. No. 2452)

This prohibition set out in section 7-71 shall not apply if the minor is:

(A) Accompanied by his/her parent or guardian;

(B) On an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his/her parent or guardian;

(C) Going directly to, returning directly home from, or attending a meeting, entertainment or recreational activity supervised or sponsored by a local education authority or governmental agency;

(D) In a motor vehicle engaged in interstate travel;

(E) In the sidewalk abutting the minor's residence or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if the neighbor did not complain to the city about the minor's presence;

(F) Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution; or

(G) Present in or upon public property or a public place in connection with or required by some legitimate business, trade, profession or occupation in which the minor is lawfully engaged.

(`64 Code, Sec. 20-11) (Ord. No. 2452, 3031)

No parent or guardian shall permit a minor to do any of the acts prohibited in section 7-71.

(`64 Code, Sec. 20-12) (Ord. No. 2452)