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Earlier editions: 2026-07

Title 8 — Health and Safety

Hughson Municipal Code Ch. 8.28 Unlawful Acts in Public

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

Cite as: Hughson Municipal Code Chapter 8.28 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 8.28.010. Public urination.

It is unlawful for any person to discharge, release or otherwise cause to be placed, human urine in any place open to the public, upon any street, alleyway, walkway, gully, telephone booth, park or other public way, in or upon any parking lot to which the public has access, in or upon any premises, public property or a vacant lot, or in any water or waterway, upon levees or tanks adjacent thereto except in toilets, portable toilets or other receptacles designed for the purpose of urination.

(Ord. 94-07 § 1, 1994)

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§ 8.28.020. Public defecation.

It is unlawful to discharge, release or otherwise cause to be placed, human feces or other material from human bowels in any place open to the public, upon any street, alleyway, walkway, gully, telephone booth, park, or other public way, in or upon any parking lot to which the public has access, in or upon any premises, public property or vacant lot, or in any water or waterway, upon levees or tanks adjacent thereto, except in toilets, portable toilets or other receptacles designed for the purpose of defecation and designated for that purpose.

(Ord. 94-07 § 1, 1994)

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§ 8.28.030. Spitting on public property.

It is unlawful for any person to spit or expectorate any secretion, saliva or other substance in any place open to the public, upon any street, alleyway, walkway, gully, telephone booth, park or other public way, or in any parking lot to which the public has access, in or upon any premises, public property or vacant lot, or in any water or waterway, upon levees or tanks adjacent thereto.

(Ord. 94-07 § 1, 1994)

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§ 8.28.040. Violation – Penalty.

Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable in accordance with Chapter 1.12 HMC.

(Ord. 94-07 § 1, 1994)

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