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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE

Nevada City Municipal Code Ch. 9.04 Offenses Against Public Decency

Nevada City Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Nevada City

Cite as: Nevada City Municipal Code Chapter 9.04 · Text as of 2026-10-04

9.04.010 - Public urination or defecation—Penalty.

A. It is unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate within one hundred feet of any building or structure, or upon or within fifty feet of any public or private roadway, or upon or within fifty feet of any public or commercial parking facility or lot, except in an appropriate sanitary facility.

B. A person violating this section shall be guilty of an infraction. Every person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a mandatory fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars upon a first conviction, by a mandatory fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars upon a second conviction within twelve months, and by a mandatory fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars upon a third or subsequent conviction within twenty-four months.

(Ord. 83-10 § 1, 1983)

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