941.05 CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN PARKS.
   (a)   No person, without privilege to do so, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of the Alliance City Parks, the use of which is lawfully restricted to certain persons, purposes, modes, or hours when the offender knows the offender is in violation of any such restriction or is reckless in that regard; or
      (2)   Recklessly enter or remain on the land or premises of the Alliance City Parks as to which notice against unauthorized access or presence is given by actual communication to the offender, or in a manner prescribed by law or by posting in a manner reasonably calculated to come to the attention of persons; or
      (3)   Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of the Alliance City Parks with the purpose to engage in sexual conduct or sexual contact as defined by the Ohio Revised Code; or
      (4)   Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of the Alliance City Parks for the purpose to solicit, or participate in the solicitation of, sexual conduct or sexual contact, as defined by the Ohio Revised Code, with another, who is not the spouse of the offender; or
      (5)   Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of the Alliance City Parks while committing a felony or misdemeanor criminal act; excluding, however, minor misdemeanor traffic violations.
      (6)   A.   For the purposes of this section, the terms “land or premises of the Alliance City Parks” means any land or premises over which the Alliance Park Board now, or in the future, has jurisdiction; including, but not limited to: Alliance City Cemetery, Silver Park, Butler-Rodman Park, Earley’s Hill Park, Thompson-Snodgrass Park, Maple Beech Park, Memorial Park, Robertson Community Center, as well as all of the mini-parks (Western-Electric, Hester, Mahoning, Oxford, Haines, Arch) maintained by the Alliance Park Board.
         B.   For the purposes of this section, the term “solicit” shall mean to ask for, request, offer, demand, invite, appeal for, entreat, implore, or endeavor to obtain, either through verbal or non-verbal communication, or a combination thereof.
   
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If the offender has previously been convicted of a violation of this section, or a similar municipal ordinance or state law, a violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 30-09. Passed 4-6-09.)