Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions — Council Updates

CHAPTER 42 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY commit a public offense or to use, remove therefrom, alter, damage, harass, or place thereon or therein anything animate or inanimate. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.7(2)(a)(1)) (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 police [peace] officer, magistrate, or public employee whose duty it is to supervise the use or maintenance of the property. A person has been notified or requested to abstain from entering or remaining upon or in property within the meaning of this subparagraph if any of the following are applicable: (Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.7(2)(a)(2)) a. The person has been notified to abstain from entering or remaining upon or in property personally, either orally or in writing, including by a valid court order under Chapter 236 of the Code of Iowa. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.7(2)(a)(2)(a)) b. A printed or written notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously posted or exhibited at the main entrance to the property or the forbidden part of the property. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.7(2)(a)(2)(b)) (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. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.7(2)(a)(3)) (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. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.7(2)(a)(4)) (5) Entering or remaining upon or in railway property without lawful authority or without the consent of the railway corporation which owns, leases, or operates the railway property. This subparagraph does not apply to passage over a railroad right-of-way, other than a track, railroad roadbed, viaduct, bridge, trestle, or railroad yard, by an unarmed person if the person has not been notified or requested to abstain from entering onto the right-of-way or to vacate the right-of-way and the passage over the right-of-way does not interfere with the operation of the railroad. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.7(2)(a)(5)) CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 338 -