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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 8 — HEALTH AND SAFETY

Bishop Municipal Code Ch. 8.26 Public Urination and Defecation Prohibited

Bishop Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Bishop

Cite as: Bishop Municipal Code Chapter 8.26 · Text as of 2026-10-04

8.26.010. - Public urination and defecation prohibited.

It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to urinate or defecate in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, waterway, public building or public maintained facility, or any place open to the public or exposed to public view. This section shall not be construed so as to prohibit the use for urination or defecation the lawfully constructed restroom facilities designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste.

(Ord. No. 591, § 2, 11-12-2024)

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