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A. It is a defense to prosecution under Larkspur Municipal Code Section 9.04.010(A) that the minor was:

1. Accompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian;

2. On an errand at the direction of the minor’s parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;

3. In a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;

4. Engaged in any employment activity, or going to or returning home from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;

5. Involved in an emergency;

6. Attending, with the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian, a school, religious, sports, cultural, amusement or recreational activity supervised by adults, or traveling directly to or returning directly home, without a detour or stop, from such a school, religious, sports, cultural, amusement or recreational activity supervised by adults;

7. Within one hundred (100) feet of the minor’s residence;

8. Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech and/or the right of assembly.

9. Emancipated as provided under state law.

B. It is a defense to prosecution under Larkspur Municipal Code Section 9.04.010(C) that:

1. Subsection (A) of this section provides the minor one or more defense(s) to prosecution under Larkspur Municipal Code Section 9.04.010(A), regardless of whether the minor has been or will be prosecuted;

2. That the owner, operator, or employee of an establishment promptly notified the Police Department that a minor was present on the premises of the establishment during curfew hours and refused to leave. (Ord. 1030 § 2(7), 2018; Ord. 889 § 2 (part), 1997)