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sjfcontrol wrote:According to Mr. Cotton, this is not correct (by my recollection). An owner of a facility does not have the ability to give a leasee rights that it does not have itself. If the government does not have the right to post, then that right cannot be passed by contract to the leasee.troglodyte wrote:
As to the government owned Civic Center it was leased by a private party, a private school in this case. Control of the facility belongs to the private party. They "own" the building for the duration of the contract. They may decide who may or may not come in. My understanding of the mentioned code is that governments cannot post publically owned and accessible properties when open to the public. The Civic Center is not posted when it is open to the public for public use or events. Private events are that, private and those private entities may do as they please within the terms of the contract. The mentioned code concerns Trespass. If a private party is leasing a public building they can Trespass anyone they would like to.
Can't give anyone something you don't have .... makes sense.