public property
noun
: something owned by the city, town, or state
The library books are public property.
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Under the law, the school district must cover expenses for maintenance, construction and food services, based on the state’s position that public property should be utilized to full capacity.
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Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
The city cannot cite someone for being on public property, but Smith said that staff is working with the legal team to see what notices are appropriate to begin a move for at least one individual living in that area and site cleanup.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025
Even outside the protections of the settlement agreement, some homeless people say they are being ticketed repeatedly in the name of other city parking rules that penalize them for the same act of sleeping in their vehicles overnight on public property.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Milwaukee Police Department officers can issue fines up to $500 to owners for not picking up pet waste on public property.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
The city cannot cite someone for being on public property, but Smith said that staff is working with the legal team to see what notices are appropriate to begin a move for at least one individual living in that area and site cleanup.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025
Even outside the protections of the settlement agreement, some homeless people say they are being ticketed repeatedly in the name of other city parking rules that penalize them for the same act of sleeping in their vehicles overnight on public property.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Milwaukee Police Department officers can issue fines up to $500 to owners for not picking up pet waste on public property.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for public property
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“Public property.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20property. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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