§ 19-52. Definition.

For the purpose of this division, the following definitions shall apply:

City means the City of Tupelo, Mississippi with offices at City Hall, 117 North Broadway, Tupelo, Mississippi.

Compulsory school age child means a child who has attained or will attain the age of six (6) years on or before September 1 of the calendar year and who has not attained the age of seventeen (17) years on or before September 1 of the calendar year.

Minor or juvenile means only an unemancipated person who has not reached the age of eighteen (18) years.

Parent means any person having legal physical custody of a minor (i) as a natural or adoptive parent; (ii) as a legal guardian; or (iii) as a person to whom legal physical custody has been given by order of the court.

Public place means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, restaurants and shops.

Remain means to stay behind, to tarry and to stay unnecessarily upon the streets. In the interest of precaution and precision, numerous exceptions are expressly defined in section 19-54 of this division so that it is not a mere prohibitory or presence type curfew division.

Street means a way or place open to the use of the public as a matter or right for purposes of vehicular travel.

(Ord. of 1-18-94, § 2; Ord. of 4-18-95, § 2; Ord. of 6-20-95, § 1)