CHAPTER 8
URINATING AND DEFECATING IN PUBLIC
SECTION:
§4512: Unlawful To Urinate Or Defecate In Public
§4510 PURPOSE
The public streets and areas within the City should be maintained in a clean and healthful condition. Sufficient bathroom facilities are available to the general public within the City that all persons can avoid urinating or defecating in public streets or areas. The purpose of this Chapter is to maintain public streets and areas within the City in a clean and accessible condition. (Ord. 940, §1, adopted 1993)
§4511 DEFINITIONS
Unless the particular provisions or the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this Section shall govern the construction, meaning and application of words and phrases used in this Chapter.
A. Park has the same meaning as is provided in §1965 of this Code.
B. Person shall mean any man or woman over the age of twelve (12) years.
C. Public place means any place to which the general public has access or which is open to the public, including, but not limited to, doorways, benches, stairways, creekbeds, beneath bridges, and common areas or hallways.
D. Street has the same meaning as is provided in §9330 of this Code and includes the entire street right of way as defined in §9331. (Ord. 940, §1, adopted 1993)
§4512 UNLAWFUL TO URINATE OR DEFECATE IN PUBLIC
It shall be unlawful and constitute a violation of this Chapter for any person to urinate or defecate in the following areas, except in a toilet properly and lawfully connected to the City sewer system or portable toilet the effluent from which is lawfully disposed of:
A. Any street;
B. Any sidewalk;
C. Any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved;
D. Any park;
E. Any City-owned property, buildings or facilities;
F. On any privately owned property without the consent of the owner or other person in lawful possession thereof; and
G. Any public place. (Ord. 940, §1, adopted 1993)
§4513 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment of not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 940, §1, adopted 1993)