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Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE›Article III — Offenses Against Public Decency

Pasadena Municipal Code Ch. 9.26 Defecation and Urination in Public

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

Cite as: Pasadena Municipal Code Chapter 9.26 · Text as of 2026-10-04

9.26.010 - Applicability.

This chapter shall not apply to urination or defecation in or into the toilet, urinal or other receptacle in any restroom or other facility designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste.

(Ord. 6703 § 1, 1997)

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9.26.020 - Prohibited.

No person shall urinate or defecate in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building or publicly maintained facility, or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view.

(Ord. 6703 § 1, 1997)

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9.26.030 - Violation—Penalty.

Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 6703 § 1, 1997)

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