Fairfield Municipal Code § 12.15 Business Premises Trespass

No person shall remain upon any private property or business premises, after being notified by the police, owner, occupant or agent thereof to leave the premises.

No person, without permission of the owner or lessee or agent of the owner of private property or business premises, shall enter upon private property or business premises after having been notified by the owner or lessee or other person in charge to keep off or keep away from the premises. After complying with such order, no person shall return within 30 days of leaving, and under no circumstances may that person resume the unlawful activity for which they were removed from the property.

This section shall not apply in any of the following instances:

1. Where its application results in an act prohibited by the Unruh Civil Rights Act or any other provision of law relating to prohibited discrimination against any person on account of color, race, religion, creed, ancestry or national origin;

2. Where its application would result in interfering with lawful labor picketing;

3. Where its application would result in interfering with any other exercise of a constitutionally protected right such as peaceful expressions of political or religious opinions, not violating any Rules & Regulations existing for such private property.

(Ord. No. 93-5, § 1; Ord. No. 2022-07, § 1)

No person shall refuse to comply or violate any rule(s) of business premises. No person shall refuse to comply with an order of the police, owner, occupant, or agent thereof to leave the business premises because of activity made unlawful by this section. After complying with such order, no person shall return within 30 days of leaving, and under no circumstances may that person resume the unlawful activity for which they were removed from the property.

This section shall apply only to rules and regulations that are clearly posted, with such posted notice including reference to this section sufficient to put persons on notice that violations of the posted rules and regulations may also constitute violations of the Fairfield City Code. This section shall not apply in any of the following instances:

1. Where its application results in an act prohibited by the Unruh Civil Rights Act or any other provision of law relating to prohibited discrimination against any person on account of color, race, religion, creed, ancestry, or national origin;

2. Where its application would result in interfering with lawful labor picketing;

3. Where its application would result in interfering with any other exercise of a constitutionally protected right such as peaceful expressions of political or religious opinions not violating any Rules & Regulations existing for such private property.

(Ord. No. 93-5, § 2; Ord. 2002-15, § 3l; Ord. No. 2022-07, § 2)