(A) The term
PROPERTY shall include any land, dwelling, building, conveyance, vehicle or other temporary or permanent structure whether publicly or privately owned.
(B) The term
TRESPASS shall mean one or more of the following acts:
(1) Entering upon or in property without justification or without the implied or actual permission of the owner, lessee or person in lawful possession with the intent to commit a public offense or to use, remove therefrom, alter, damage, harass or place thereon or therein anything animate or inanimate, without justification, or without the implied or actual permission of the owner, lessee or person in lawful possession;
(2) Entering or remaining upon or in property without justification after being notified or requested to abstain from entering or to remove or vacate therefrom by the owner, lessee or person in lawful possession, or the agent or employee of the owner, lessee or person in lawful possession, or by any peace officer, magistrate or public employee whose duty it is to supervise the use or maintenance of the property;
(3) Entering upon or in property for the purpose or with the effect of unduly interfering with the lawful use of the property by others; or
(4) Being upon or in property and wrongfully using, removing therefrom, altering, damaging, harassing or placing thereon or therein anything animate or inanimate, without the implied or actual permission of the owner, lessee or person in lawful possession.
(C) The term
TRESPASS shall not mean entering upon the property of another for the sole purpose of retrieving personal property which has accidentally or in advertently been thrown, fallen, strayed or blown onto the property of another; provided that the person retrieving the property takes the most direct and accessible route to and from the property to be retrieved, leaves the property as quickly as is possible and does not unduly interfere with the lawful use of the property.
(D) A person who knowingly does any of the above-listed acts is guilty of criminal trespass.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-9) (Ord. 328, passed 2-3-1986) Penalty, see § 130.99