(a) Unauthorized presence.
(1) No student who is under suspension, expulsion, or other disciplinary procedures excluding him or her from attending any public school located within the village, or any person not a student presently enrolled or not an employee of such schools or not a parent or guardian of a student, or not an otherwise “authorized person,” shall be present within any school building or upon any school grounds without having first secured authorization to be there from the principal or other person in charge of the school building or school grounds, except while in direct route to secure such authorization.
(2) Any unauthorized person who shall come upon school property and refuses to leave upon request by the school principal or any person acting under the direction of the school principal, in addition to violating subsection (a)(1), shall be guilty of trespass.
(3) AUTHORIZED PERSON shall include:
a. Any person who is present at any school building or school grounds for the purpose previously authorized by the school, or their designee;
b. Any person transporting a student and who utilizes the driveway specified for loading and unloading personnel; and
c. Any person utilizing a designated area for attending an athletic or other organized school event.
(b) Disorderly conduct on public school property.
(1) No person shall, on any school property or building, engage in violent, abusive, loud, or otherwise disorderly conduct which causes or provokes an immediate disturbance of public order or disturbs or annoys any other person; nor shall a person intentionally engage in any fight, brawl, riot, or noisy altercation other than a bona fide athletic contest.
(2) Non-students, students from schools other than the school on the property or students from a school who are not in compliance with the school system’s published rules and regulations shall be considered in violation of this section. The published rules and regulations of the school system are incorporated as if fully set forth herein.
(3) All entrances to the school buildings referred to in subsection (a) above shall be posted with a notice stating “Entry Into School Building by Unauthorized Person Prohibited.”
(4) UNAUTHORIZED PRESENCE shall include any vehicle that is found on school property which has not received permission to be there. If the occupants or owners are not on school property for some legitimate business or activity or are parked in an area that regulates parking to certain authorized vehicles, they are in violation. Such vehicle may be issued a village summons that regulates parking or may be towed away at the direction of the school principal or person in charge of such school building. Law enforcement officers may also have any vehicle towed away which, because of its location, creates a hazard to life or property.
(c) Loitering near school prohibited. No person not in official attendance or on official school business shall enter into, congregate, loiter, or cause a nuisance in any school building in the village or upon any school district grounds or within adjacent posted school zones on any day when such schools are in session.
(d) Possession of intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages. No person shall possess intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages while on any school property.
(e) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
LOITER. To sit, stand, loaf, lounge, wander, or stroll in an aimless manner or to stop, pause, or remain in an area for no obvious reason.
NUISANCE. Unnecessary conduct which may tend to annoy, intimidate, threaten, or otherwise disturb another in or about any public street, sidewalk, bridge, or public ground which is offensive to the public morals or decency of the citizens of the village.
(Prior Code, § 11-2-7)