(Radio Iowa) – A northwest Iowa community is the latest to adopt a curfew for children and teenagers. Lake City’s City Council made the move after recent vandalism to stop signs and streets and in the town square. Eric Wood, the city administrator for Lake City, says the new ordinance applies to everyone under the age of 18. “It’s unlawful for any minor to be or remain in any of the public places in the city between the hours of 12:30 and 5 for ages 16 and 17,” he says, “and 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. for minors 15 years of age and under.”

There are some exceptions to Lake City’s curfew. “If you’re accompanied by an adult, if you’re on your own property, if you’re coming back from an activity such as a school event,” he says, “those are all exceptions to the policy.”  In 1989, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in Panora for anyone under the age of 18 and many Iowa cities have curfews for minors.

Other area cities with curfews include:

• Atlantic: Midnight to 5-a.m. daily
• Audubon: Midnight to 5-a.m.
• Clarinda: 1-a.m. to 5-a.m.
• Greenfield: (age 14 & Under…10 p.m.-5 a.m. Sunday-Thursday, and 11 p.m.-5 a.m. Friday and Saturday, unless they are accompanied by a responsible adult; persons age 15-17 are prohibited from being in public from 11 p.m.-5 a.m. Sunday-Thursday and midnight-5 a.m. Friday and Saturday, unless they are accompanied by a responsible adult.
• Guthrie Center: Midnight to 5-a.m.
• Harlan: 12:30-a.m. to 5:30-a.m.
• Shenandoah: from 1-a.m. until 6-a.m.