Ohio Code 3752.14 – Entry or remaining on premises of reporting facility in violation of warning signs
(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall do any of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3752.14
- Facility: means all buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items that are located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and that are owned or operated by the same person. See Ohio Code 3752.01
- Operator: means the person responsible for the overall operation of a reporting facility. See Ohio Code 3752.01
- Outdoor location of operation: means an outdoor location at a reporting facility upon which is situated any stationary tank, vat, electrical transformer, vessel, piping, or nonstationary container that contains a regulated substance or upon which is situated any motor vehicle or rolling stock that is used for the storage or other handling of a regulated substance and that contains a regulated substance in a quantity or manner other than that necessary for the operation of the motor vehicle or rolling stock in transporting cargo. See Ohio Code 3752.01
- Owner: means the person who owns a reporting facility or part of a reporting facility. See Ohio Code 3752.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Reporting facility: means a facility where regulated operations occur in connection with which the owner or operator of the facility is required to submit a list of hazardous chemicals or one or more material safety data sheets under section 3750. See Ohio Code 3752.01
(1) Enter or remain on the premises of a reporting facility at which warning signs are posted in compliance with section 3752.07, 3752.11, 3752.111, 3752.112, or 3752.113 of the Revised Code;
(2) Enter or remain in a building or structure located at a reporting facility, or an outdoor location of operation, at which warning signs are posted in compliance with any of those sections;
(3) Being on the premises of a reporting facility at which warning signs are posted in compliance with any of those sections, in a building or structure located at such a facility, or at an outdoor location of operation at such a facility, fail or refuse to leave upon being ordered to do so by the owner or operator or an agent or servant of either.
(B) It is no defense to a charge under this section that the premises of the reporting facility involved was owned, controlled, or in the custody of a public agency.
(C) It is no defense to a charge under this section that the offender was authorized to enter or remain on the premises of the reporting facility involved when the authorization was obtained by deception.
(D) Violation of this section is not criminal trespass under section 2911.21 of the Revised Code.