Why we need the 2nd Amendment

St. Louis City Counselor Julian K. Bush affirmed that Portland, as well as several other streets in the West End, are indeed private.



“They are owned by the property owners, and the owners pay for them, the street repairs and maintenance,” Bush said Monday.



“The city has no right-of-way onto those streets,” he said.



Bush said homeowners are within their rights to exclude people from either driving their cars or walking through those areas.

1. A person commits the offense of trespass in the first degree if he or she knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon real property.



2. A person does not commit the offense of trespass in the first degree by entering or remaining upon real property unless the real property is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or as to which notice against trespass is given by:



(1) Actual communication to the actor;  or



(2) Posting in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders.



3. The offense of trespass in the first degree is a class B misdemeanor, unless the victim is intentionally targeted as a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 556.061 , or the victim is targeted because he or she is a relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity to a law enforcement officer, in which case it is a class A misdemeanor.