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PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY ORDINANCE
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WHEREAS, the Legal and Ordinance Committee of the City of
Canton, Illinois has determined that it is necessary and to the
best interests of the City of Canton to have a Parental Responsi-
bility Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois
has made a similar determination.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS:
1. TITLE: This Ordinance shall be known and may be sighted
as the Parental Responsibility Ordinance.
2. DEFINITIONS: As used in this Ordinance, unless the
context otherwise requires, the terms specified have the meanings
ascribed to them:
(a) "Legal Guardian" means a person appointed guardian,
or given custody, of a minor by a Circuit Court of the State of
Illinois, but does not include a person appointed guardian, or given
custody, of a minor under the Juvenile Court Act.
(b) "Minor" means a person who is above the age of 11 years,
but not yet 19 years of age.
3. PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY: The parent or legal guardian of
an unemancipated minor residing with such parent or legal guardian
shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have
failed to excerise proper parental responsibility and said minor shall
be deemed to have committed the acts described below with the knowledge
and permission of the parent or guardian, in violation of this Ordinance,
upon the occurence of the events described in (a), (b), and (c) below:
(a) An unemancipated minor residing with said parent or legal
guardian shall either be adjudicated to be in violation of any ordinance,
law or statute prohibiting wilful and malicious acts causing injury to a
person or property, or shall have incurred non-judicial sanctions from
another official agency resulting from an admission of guilt of violation
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of any ordinance, law or statute prohibiting wilful and malicious acts
causing injury to a person or property; and
(b) Said parent or legal guardian shall have received a
written notice thereof, either by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, or by personal service, with a certificate of per-
sonal service returned, from the Police Department of the City of
Canton following said adjudication or non-judicial sanction; and
(c) If at any time within one (1) year following receipt
of the notice set forth in (b) above, said minor is either adjudicated
to be in violation of any ordinance, law or statute as described in
(a) above, or shall have incurred non-judicial sanctions from another
official agency resulting from an admission of guilt or violation of
any ordinance, law or statute as described in (a) above.
4. PENALTY: Any person convicted of any violation of the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined not less than Twenty-five
Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each
offense.
5. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect 10 days after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Canton, Illinois, approval by the Mayor thereof, and publication
according to law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois and
APPROVED by the Mayor thereof this yC t r+ day of ~S f'. ~ 7~ 1977.
APPROVED: MAYOR
N E. CROUCH
ATTEST: ' ~' ~Q-~/ , CITY CLERK
NANC S. WHITES