9.50.050 Authority to issue trespass warnings – Service.
(1) Officers of the city police department are authorized to issue a trespass warning to any person who the officer has probable cause to believe has violated SMC 9.50.040.
(2) The warning may be based upon observation by a police officer or a city employee or may be based upon a civilian report that would ordinarily be relied upon by police officers in the determination of probable cause.
(3) The person need not be charged, tried, or convicted of any crime or infraction for the trespass warning to be issued or be effective.
(4) Trespass warnings may be served upon the person subject to the warning using one of the following methods:
(a) First-class mail to the person at the person’s last known address;
(b) Personally; or
(c) If the person cannot be located by one of the first two methods after a diligent search, by publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
(5) Service is effective:
(a) On the date the notice is personally received;
(b) In the case of service by mail, three days after the notice is mailed; or
(c) In the case of service by publication, 15 days after publication.
(6) The trespass warning becomes effective, and the duration starts to run, upon the effective date of service. (Ord. 1516 § 2 (Exh. B), 2023).