The following shall constitute valid exceptions to the operation of section 15-10.
(a) When a juvenile is accompanied by a parent of such a juvenile;
(b) When a juvenile is accompanied by an adult authorized by a parent of such juvenile to take said parent’s place in accompanying said juvenile for a designated period of time and purpose within a specified area;
(c) When the juvenile is on an errand as directed by his/her parent until the hour of 12:30 a.m.;
(d) When a juvenile is exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech and the right of assembly, by first delivering to the person designated by the city’s chief of police to receive such information a written communication, signed by the juvenile and countersigned, if practicable, by a parent of the juvenile with their home address and telephone number, specifying when, where and in what manner the juvenile will be in a public place during hours when section 15-10 is applicable to said minor in the exercise of a First Amendment right specified in such communication.
(e) In case of reasonable necessity for the juvenile remaining in a public place but only after the juvenile’s parent has communicated to the chief of police or the person designated by the chief of police to receive such notifications the facts establishing the reasonable necessity relating to a specified public place at a designated time for a described purpose including points of origin and destination. A copy of the communication, or of the police record thereof, duly certified by the chief of police to be correct, with an appropriate notation of the time it was received and of the names and addresses of the parent and juvenile, shall be admissible evidence;
(f) When a juvenile is on the sidewalk or property where the juvenile resides, or on either side of or across the street from the place where the juvenile resides and the adult owner or resident of that property has given permission for the juvenile to be there;
(g) When a juvenile is returning home by a direct route (without any unnecessary detour or stop) from and within one hour of the termination of a school activity or an activity of a religious or other voluntary association, or a place of public entertainment, such as a movie, play or sporting event. If the event is not commercial in nature or does not have a fixed, publicly known time at which it will or does end, the sponsoring organization must register the event with the chief of police (or his assigned representative) at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance, informing the police department of the time that such event is scheduled to begin, the place at which it shall be held, the time at which it shall end, and the name of the sponsoring organization.
(h) When authorized, by special permit from the chief of police carried on the person of the juvenile thus authorized, as follows. When necessary nighttime activities of a juvenile may be inadequately provided for by other provisions of this section, then recourse may be had to the chief of police, either for a regulation as provided in subsection (i) or for a special permit as the circumstances warrant. Upon the findings of reasonable necessity for the use of a public place to the extent warranted by a written application signed by a juvenile and by a parent of the juvenile, if feasible, stating (1) the name, age and address of the juvenile; (2) the name, address, and telephone number of a parent thereof; (3) the height, weight, sex, color of eyes and hair and other physical characteristics of the juvenile; (4) the necessity that requires the juvenile to remain upon a public place during the curfew hours otherwise applicable; (5) the public place; and (6) the beginning and ending of the period of time involved by date and hour, the chief of police may grant a permit in writing for the juvenile’s use of a public place at such hours as in the opinion of the chief of police may reasonably be necessary and consistent with the purposes of this section. In an emergency this may be handled by telephone or other effective communication, with a corresponding record being made contemporaneously to the chief of police or to the person designated by the chief of police to act on his behalf in an emergency, at the police station;
(i) When authorized, by regulation issued by the chief of police in other similar cases of reasonable necessity, similarly handled but adapted to reasonably necessary nighttime activities of more juveniles than can readily by dealt with on an individual special permit basis. Normally such regulation by the chief of police permitting use of public places should be issued sufficiently in advance to permit appropriate publicity through news media and through other agencies such as the schools, and shall define the activity, the scope of the use of the public places permitted, the period of time involved not to extend more than one hour beyond the time for termination of the activity, and the reason for finding that the regulation is reasonably necessary and is consistent with the purpose of this section;
(j) When the juvenile is legally employed and carries a certified card of employment, renewable each calendar month when the current facts so warrant, dated or reissued not more than forty-five (45) days previously, signed by the chief of police and briefly identifying the juvenile, the addresses of the juvenile’s home and of the juvenile’s place of employment, and the juvenile’s hours of employment;
(k) When the juvenile is, with parental consent, engaged in normal interstate travel through the city or originating or terminating in the city;
(l) When the juvenile is married or has been married pursuant to state law;
(m) In the case of an operator of an establishment, when the operator has notified the police that a juvenile was present on the premises of the establishment during curfew hours and refused to leave;
(n) Each of the foregoing exceptions, and their several limitations such as provisions for notification, are severable, as hereinafter provided but here reemphasized, and will be considered by the mayor and board of aldermen when warranted by future experience illuminated by the views of student government associations, school personnel, citizens, associations, parents, officers and persons in authority concerned positively with juveniles as well as with juvenile delinquency. (Ord. No. G-78-15, § 1, 6-15-78; Ord. No. G-95-19, 6-15-95)