§ 28-155. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Emergency means unforeseen circumstances, or the status or condition resulting therefrom, requiring immediate action to safeguard life, limb or property. The term "emergency" includes, but is not limited to, fires, natural disasters, automobile accidents, or other similar circumstances.

Establishment means any privately-owned place of business within the city operated for a profit, to which the public is invited, including, but not limited to any place of amusement or entertainment.

Guardian means a person who is legally responsible for a minor.

Minor means any person under 18 years of age who has not had the disabilities of minority removed by court order pursuant to AS 09.55.590.

Officer or peace officer means a police officer, village public safety officer, or other law enforcement officer charged with the duty of enforcing the state law or this Code.

Operator, with respect to establishments as defined in this section, means any person, and any firm, association, partnership (and the members or partners thereof) and any corporation (and the officers thereof) conducting or managing the establishment.

Parent means:

(1)

A person who is a minor's biological or adoptive parent and who has legal custody of a minor (including either parent, if custody is shared under a court order or agreement);

(2)

A person who is the biological or adoptive parent with whom a minor regularly resides;

(3)

A person judicially appointed as a legal guardian of the minor; or

(4)

A person 18 years of age or older standing in loco parentis (as indicated by the authorization of an individual listed of this definition for the person to assume the care or physical custody of the child or as indicated by any other circumstances).

Public place means any place to which the public or a substantial group of public has access, including, but not limited to: streets, highways, roads, sidewalks, alleys, avenues, parks, and/or the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transportation facilities, and shops.

Remain means to linger or stay at or upon a place or to fail to leave a place when requested to do so by an officer or by the owner, operator or other person in control of that place.

School year means that period of the year that is not included in "summer" as that term is defined in this section.

Summer means that period after the close of the school year and prior to the commencement of the succeeding school year as established by the school district.

Temporary care facility means a non-locked, nonrestrictive shelter at which minors may wait, under visual supervision, to be retrieved by a parent.

(Code 1983, § 9.10.010)