Section 9.16.020 Definitions.

    "Curfew hours" means that period of time from ten p.m. any evening until five a.m. the following day.
    "Emergency" means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to, a fire, natural disaster, an automobile accident or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.
    "Establishment" means any private-owned place of business operated for a profit which the public is invited, including but not limited to, any place of amusement or entertainment.
    "Guardian" means:
    1.    A person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor; or
    2.    A public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court of record.
    "Minor" means any person under eighteen years of age.
    "Parent" means a person who is a natural parent, adoptive parent, or step-parent of another person.
    "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, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities and shops.
    "Responsible adult" means a person at least eighteen years of age, authorized by a parent to have the care and custody of a minor.
    "Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent, disfigurement to protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. (Ord. 554 § 2 (part), 1997)