Mayor Hutch Hibbard
CURFEW HOURS FOR MINORS
- 12:01 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. on any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday; and
- 1:00 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. on any Saturday or Sunday.
EXCEPTIONS
- Minors are permitted to be on the streets of the city after curfew hours in the following cases:
- When accompanied by the juvenile's parent or responsible adult;
- When on an errand at the direction of the juvenile's parent or responsible adult, without any detour or stop;
- When in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
- When engaged in an employment activity, or going to or returning home from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;
- When involved in an emergency;
- When on the sidewalk abutting the juvenile's residence or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if the neighbor did not complain to the police department about the juvenile's presence;
- When attending, going to or returning home, without any detour or stop, from an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults or an event sponsored by the City of The Village, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the juvenile;
- When 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 or other rights protected by he United States or the Oklahoma Constitution; or
- When married or had been married or had disabilities of minority removed in accordance with state law.
BUSINESS & PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
A parent and/or other responsible adult of a juvenile can be held responsible for the curfew violations of a minor:
- If he/she knowingly permits or allows, the juvenile to remain in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the corporate city limits of the City of The Village during curfew hours.
- If the parent and/or other responsible adult of a juvenile has twice previously acted within any consecutive six (6) month period so as to knowingly permit or allow said juvenile to remain in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the corporate limits of the City of The Village during curfew hours. Every subsequent violation thereof constitutes a separate violation.
- If the owner, operator, or any employee of an establishment knowingly permits or allows a juvenile to remain upon the premises of the establishment during curfew hours.
