§ 21-121. Definitions.

[As used in this article the following words and terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed:]

(a)

Child shall mean any person who is ten (10) years of age or older and under seventeen (17) years of age; or, seventeen (17) years of age or older and under eighteen (18) years of age who is alleged or found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision as a result of acts committed before seventeen (17) years of age.

(b)

Parent shall mean a person who is the natural or adoptive parent of a person. As used herein, "parent" shall also include a court appointed guardian or other person eighteen (18) years of age or older, authorized by the parent, by a court order, or by the court appointed guardian to have the care and custody of a person.

(c)

Guardian shall mean any person to whom custody of a child has been given by a court order.

(d)

Emergency shall include but not be limited to fire, natural disaster, an automobile accident, or obtaining immediate medical care for another person.

(e)

Public place shall mean 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.

(f)

Juvenile curfew processing office shall be consistent with V.T.C.A., Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 45.059 and shall include the Juvenile Case Management Section of the San Antonio Municipal Court.

(Ord. No. 74025, § 1, 7-25-91; Ord. No. 76419, § 1, 9-3-92; Ord. No. 2012-05-17-0357, 5-17-12; Ord. No. 2018-05-31-0402 , § 2, 5-31-18)