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NOV 22 '95 11:55AP1 LING LAKES P.D. P.5 Page 3 ORDINANCE #95-1 4.05 It shall be unlawful for any person operating or in charge of any place of amusement or refreshment which is open to the public to knowingly and habitually permit any juvenile to be in such place during the hours prohibited by Paragraphs 4.01, 4.02, and 4.03 of this Subdivision herein, under circumstances not constituting an exception to this Ordinance as set forth herein. The term 'person operating" shall mean any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation operating, managing or conducting any such establishment The term includes the members or partners of an association or partnership and the officers of a corporation. 5.00 EXCEPTIONS 5.01 The following shall constitute valid exceptions to the operation of the curfew; A, At any time, if a juvenile is accompanied by his or her parent or an authorized adult; B. At any time, if a juvenile is involved in, or attempting to remedy, alleviate, or respond to an emergency; C. If the juvenile is engaged in a lawful employment activity, or is going to or returning home from his or her place of employment; D. If the juvenile is attending an official school, religious, ar other social or recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by a city. or the county, a civic organization, ar another similar entity that takes responsibility for the juvenile; E. If the juvenile is going to or returning home from, without any detour or stop, an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by a city or the county, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the juvenile; F. If the juvenile is on an errand as directed by his or her parent, without any detour or stop; G. if the juvenile is engaged in interstate travel; H. If the juvenile is on the public right-of-way boulevard or sidewalk abutting the juvenile's residence or abutting the neighboring property, structure, or residence; If the juvenile is exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution (or those similar rights protected by Article I of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota), such as free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and the rights of assembly; or, J, If the juvenile is homeless or uses a public or semi-public place as his or her usual place of abode. 5.02 It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Subd. 4,05 that' A. The owner, operator or employee of an establishment promptly notified the police department that a juvenile was present on the premises of the establishment during curfew hours and refused to leave.