Lynn enforces a juvenile curfew barring anyone under 18 from public streets between midnight and 6 a.m. Enacted in 1994, it carries civil penalties; police return violating minors to the station and call their parents.
Lynn's curfew ordinance, adopted in 1994, prohibits minors under 18 from public streets and public places between midnight and 6 a.m. Exceptions cover a minor accompanied by a parent, traveling to or from work, responding to an emergency, or standing on the sidewalk at their own or a next-door home. Police enforce it by bringing violators to the Washington Street station and calling their parents rather than charging them. A business that allows curfew-violating minors on its premises faces a civil fine of $300 per violation. Enforcement is civil, not criminal: the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's 2009 ruling barred criminal prosecution of minors under municipal curfew ordinances.
Police return minors found out after midnight to the station and notify their parents instead of charging them. A place of business that permits curfew-violating minors on its premises is subject to a civil fine of $300 per violation.
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