154-8 POLICE DEPARTMENT AS AGENT FOR FORBIDDING TRESPASSING
Any
owner of real property within the Town of Front Royal may designate in
writing
that the Front Royal Police Department and any of its officers and
patrolmen
shall be a "person lawfully in charge of the property" for the
purpose of forbidding other persons to go or remain upon specifically
designated property of the owner as provided for in Section 154-1 of
the Front
Royal Municipal Code and Section 18.2-119 of the Code of Virginia
(1950), as
amended. Such written designation shall be made in the following
manner:
A.
The Front Royal Police Department shall publish a written
designation
form containing the owner's name, address, home and work telephone
numbers, the
address, tax map, and any other pertinent description of the real
property
about which the Front Royal Police Department is to be designated as
the
"person lawfully in charge of the property", the names of any
specific individual(s) who the Front Royal Police Department is
authorized to
forbid to go or remain upon such designated property, any other
conditions or
circumstances upon which the Front Royal Police Department is
authorized to
forbid any person(s) not specifically named in advance from going or
remaining
on such designated property, and the duration of the authorization the
Front
Royal Police Department to act as such person lawfully in charge of the
property.
B.
The Front Royal Police Department shall maintain all such written
designations in a permanent file or notebook, which shall be available
to any
interested person for viewing or copying upon reasonable request.
C.
The Front Royal Police Department shall create a "Notice Not to
Trespass" which will advise persons in writing not to go or remain upon
specifically designated real property as authorized in this section.
D.
Each officer or patrolmen in the Front Royal Police Department
shall be
issued an updated list of such designated properties, specifically
named
individuals, and conditions and circumstances, and written Notices Not
to
Trespass to serve on persons subject to this ordinance.
E.
No person shall be forbidden to go or remain on the real property
of
another or to be prosecuted therefore if such person is able to produce
written
consent of the owner of a property for such person to go or remain
thereon.
(Ord.
15-02 Added Entire Section 8-12-02-Effective Upon
Passage)