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Title 6 — Health and Sanitation

Carlsbad Municipal Code Ch. 6.17 Urinating or Defecating in Public

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

Cite as: Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 6.17 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 6.17.010. Urinating or defecating in public.

No person shall urinate or defecate in or on any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, bench, public building or public maintained facility, or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view. This section shall not apply to urination or defecation which is done in any restroom or other facility designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. NS-236 § 1, 1993)

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