Sec. 28-54. - Trespass.
(a) No person shall trespass on public property or school property. As used in this subsection:
(1) Public property shall mean that property which is dedicated to the public use and over which the federal, state or municipal governments or any political subdivision thereof exercises control and dominion.
(2) Trespass shall mean each and every actual entry upon the premises of an owner or other person in lawful possession or control of the premises or government in violation and contrary to the provisions of any official sign posted to regulate and govern such entry or use or contrary to a lawful command to leave the premises by a government official having authority to issue such lawful command.
(3) Official sign shall mean any permanently affixed notice posted by the federal, state or municipal government owning or maintaining any public property.
(4) School property shall mean any property or institution devoted primarily to the education of children from pre-school thorough the twelfth grade.
(b) No person shall trespass on private property. As used in this subsection, "private property" shall mean any property other than public property.
(c)Trespass, as further defined in subsections (a) and (b) above, shall also mean:
(1) Each and every entry upon the private property of the owner or other person in lawful possession or control of the premises without the express consent of the owner or other person in lawful possession;
(2) Remaining on private property of an owner or other person in lawful possession or control of the premises after being told to leave the premises by the owner, agent, employee of the owner or other person having lawful possession or control of the premises;
(3) Remaining on private property at any time outside the posted hours of business operation after having been directed to vacate such premises by a police officer, except for those persons, including employees, whose presence upon such premises is authorized by the owner or by a person in lawful possession of such premises, provided the hours of operation are clearly posted upon such premises;
(4) Returning to private property before the posted time of opening for business operation on the next business day after having been directed to vacate such premises under the terms of this subsection;
(5) Remaining on premises, whether public or private, when such is posted forbidding said act at any time other than during the posted hours of business operation;
(6) Remaining on public property after having been given a lawful order or command to leave the premises by a governmental official having the authority to give such order or command in response to a public disturbance, act of vandalism, disorderly conduct, or other conduct which is disruptive to the public peace; or
(7) Returning to public property after having been directed to vacate such premises under subsection (6).
(d)Any person violating any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment in accordance with section 1-15 of this Code, plus costs, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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