A. 
A person commits the crime of criminal trespass if the person:
1. 
Knowingly enters or remains on private residential property or in a privately owned vehicle without a privilege to do so.
2. 
Knowingly enters or remains on private business or commercial property:
a. 
When it is not open to the public; or
b. 
In violation of a prominently posted notice against trespass or use; or
c. 
When the person has actual notice the property is not open to the person; or
d. 
After the person has been requested to leave by someone with the apparent authority to do so.
3. 
Knowingly enters or remains on public premises or property, or in a public vehicle:
a. 
When the premises, property, or vehicle is not open to the public; or
b. 
After the person has been requested to leave by someone with the apparent authority to do so.
4. 
Knowingly enters or remains on undeveloped public or private property:
a. 
In violation of a prominently posted notice against trespass or use; or
b. 
When the person has had other actual or constructive notice that the property is not open to the person; or
c. 
After the person has been requested to leave by someone with the apparent authority to do so.
B. 
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection A.1 that the entry, use, or occupancy of premises or use of personal property on the premises is for an emergency in the case of immediate and dire need; and as soon as reasonably practical after the entry, use, or occupancy, the person contacts the owner of the premises, the owner's agent, or if the owner is unknown, the nearest state or local police agency, and makes a report of the time of the entry, use, or occupancy, and any damage to the premises or personal property, unless notice waiving necessity of the report is posted on the premises by the owner or the owner's agent.
C. 
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection A.3 that the person was engaged in the legitimate expression of first amendment freedoms and the expression did not:
1. 
Obstruct or delay access or exit to and from the property; or
2. 
Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly intimidate users, residents, or occupants of the property; or
3. 
Occur in an unreasonable time, place or manner; or
4. 
Violate the terms of any court order, official permit, municipal ordinance, consent decree, judicial or legal process; or
5. 
Endanger the public welfare or security.
D. 
Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
(CAC 8.30.021; AO No. 91-158; AO No. 98-59(S), § 1, 5-19-1998; AO No. 2003-73, § 3, 4-22-2003; AO No. 2014-42, §§ 6, 54, 6-21-2014)
A. 
In addition to any other provision of this code, a person commits the offense of prohibited camping on protected premises if the person knowingly camps without permission or authority to do so on public or private land under the following circumstances:
1. 
On or within 200 feet of the Coastal Trail, Chester Creek Trail, Ship Creek Trail, Fish Creek Trail, and Campbell Creek Trail; or any other paved trail; measured from the paved edge of the trail;
2. 
On or within 200 feet of any portion, fork, or tributary of Campbell Creek, Chester Creek, Fish Creek, Ship Creek; or any other water body (including lakes, rivers, and streams); measured from the edge of the water;
3. 
On or in any street, road, highway, sidewalk, bridge, tunnel, railroad track, snow disposal site, or runway;
4. 
Within 200 feet of the outer edge of:
a. 
Any street, road, or highway, if the street, road, or highway has a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or greater; or
b. 
Any railroad track or runway; or
5. 
On or within 500 feet of:
a. 
The edge of any playground area;
b. 
The edge of any athletic field or other maintained (such as groomed or mowed) field on parkland;
c. 
The lot line of any parcel containing any school or licensed childcare center; or
d. 
The lot line of any parcel containing any neighborhood recreation center as defined in Title 21, licensed homeless shelter as defined in chapter 16.125, or permit-based campground.
B. 
For purposes of this section, distance shall be measured from the nearest edge of the protected premises enumerated above to any portion of the prohibited campsite.
C. 
Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor, with the following exceptions:
1. 
Violation of section 8.45.015A.5.a, 8.45.015A.5.c, or 8.45.015A.3 is a class A misdemeanor; and
2. 
Where a person is in violation of this section and refuses to immediately comply with a warning from someone with apparent authority, the violation is a class A misdemeanor.
D. 
Notwithstanding AMC Section 8.05.020H.1-2, the maximum fines that may be imposed by a court for conviction of a class A misdemeanor under this section is $500.00, and the maximum fine that may be imposed by a court for conviction of a class B misdemeanor under this section is $250.00. All other provisions of AMC Section 8.05.020H.1., 2. remain applicable.
(AO No. 2025-074(S-2), § 1, 7-22-2025)
A. 
A person commits the offense of prohibited construction on public land if the person:
1. 
Knowingly engages in the construction, in whole or in part, of any hard-walled, hard-roofed, or hard-floored structure of any kind on land owned or controlled by the Municipality of Anchorage or the State of Alaska without permission or authority to do so; or knowingly camps in any such structure; or
2. 
In a manner designed to facilitate camping, knowingly excavates, removes, relocates, or adds dirt, sand, gravel, rocks, or similar material on land owned or controlled by the Municipality of Anchorage or the State of Alaska without permission or authority to do so.
B. 
A person attempts to commit the offense of prohibited construction on public land if the person:
1. 
Knowingly possesses, with the intent to construct in whole or in part any hard-walled, hard-roofed, or hard-floored structure of any kind, on or in undeveloped land, snow disposal sites, or parks owned or controlled by the Municipality of Anchorage or the State of Alaska, without permission or authority to do so, materials that could be used to construct such a structure, such as but not limited to lumber, pallets, boards, logs, bricks, cinder blocks, or any other hard construction material.
C. 
For the purposes of this section, the term "construction" means the erection, rehabilitation, alteration, or extension of a permanent or temporary structure for the purpose of camping, shelter or storage of personal property.
D. 
Violation of subsection A is a class A misdemeanor.
E. 
Violation of subsection B is a class B misdemeanor.
F. 
Notwithstanding AMC Section 8.05.020H.1., 2., the maximum fines that may be imposed by a court for conviction of a class A misdemeanor under this section is $500.00, and the maximum fine that may be imposed by a court for conviction of a class B misdemeanor under this section is $250.00. All other provisions of AMC Section 8.05.020H.1., 2. remain applicable.
(AO No. 2025-074(S-2), § 2, 7-22-2025)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to knowingly enter, use or occupy any occupied or unoccupied dwelling, or structure or use any personal property therein, except with the consent of the owner of the facility or the owner's agent. However, a person may enter, use, or occupy an unoccupied structure specified in this section without the consent of the owner if:
1. 
The entry, use or occupancy of the facility is for an emergency in the case of immediate and dire need; and
2. 
The person contacts the owner or agent within 15 days after using the facility or, if the owner is unknown, the municipal police department, and makes a report of the time of entry, use or occupancy of the facility and any damage to the facility or personal property, unless a notice waiving the necessity for such report is posted in the facility by the owner or the owner's agent.
B. 
In this section, the term "occupied" means that the premises is being used by one or more persons entitled to its enjoyment and use, and this includes actual as well as constructive occupancy.
C. 
Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
(AO No. 98-59(S), § 1, 5-19-1998; AO No. 2003-73, § 3, 4-22-2003; AO No. 2014-42, § 6, 6-21-2014)