Tehachapi Municipal Code Ch. 9.12 Curfew for Minors

It is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen years to be upon the streets of the city, or in places of amusement or entertainment, or in other public places in the city, between the hours of ten p.m. of any day and five a.m. of the next day, unless the person is accompanied by a parent, guardian or other adult person having control or charge of such person, or unless the person under the age of eighteen years shall have gone to a place of entertainment or amusement, other than one at which liquor is sold or served, prior to eight p.m., where a regular program of evening entertainment shall have been commenced or been arranged for the occasion to commence prior to eight p.m., and shall have held over or been continued beyond ten p.m., or such person shall have left a place of employment or social call after ten p.m., and such person is thereafter returning to his place of residence not later than twelve midnight.

(Ord. 83-11-493 § 3, 1983: Ord. 137 § 1, 1944)

A violation of this chapter shall be punishable for the first offense by a fine not to exceed ten dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed five days; and for each subsequent offense, by a fine not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than five days nor more than twenty-five days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 137 § 3, 1944)