§ 66-158. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply to the interpretation and enforcement of this article:

Authorized personnel shall mean those persons with the authority granted by this article, acting in their official capacity for their respective governments, to petition a law enforcement officer to issue a trespass warning, as follows:

(a)

Any employee with management or oversight responsibility over the public property in question at the time the trespass warning is issued;

(b)

Security personnel for any public property at the time the trespass warning is issued; or

(c)

Any law enforcement officer when persons in subsection (a) or (b) are not present.

Conveyance shall have the same meaning as defined in F.S. ch. 810, as may be amended from time to time.

Fenced land shall have the same meaning as defined in F.S. ch. 810, as may be amended from time to time.

Law enforcement officer shall mean a deputy sheriff with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office or any other sworn law enforcement officer certified pursuant to F.S. ch. 943.

Posted land shall have the same meaning as defined in F.S. ch. 810, as may be amended from time to time.

Public property shall mean property owned, leased, operated or managed by a government or one of its agencies, divisions or entities, including, but not limited to, structures, conveyances, parks, beach park, public natural area, public recreation area, trails, playgrounds, streets, sidewalks, rights-of-way, libraries, docks, pavilions, parking lots, vacant lots, fenced land, posted land, easements, and other property generally used by the public. This definition shall not include school property or school safety zones as those terms are defined in F.S. ch. 810.

Respondent shall mean the person who was issued the trespass warning.

Structure shall have the same meaning as defined in F.S. ch. 810, as may be amended from time to time.

Trespass shall have the same meaning as defined in F.S. ch. 810, as may be amended from time to time.

Trespass warning shall mean a written document that bars the respondent from entering or remaining on specified public property.

(Ord. No. 15-21, § 3, 10-20-15)