Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE›Article III — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY
San Bernardino Municipal Code Ch. 9.28 Offenses Against Public Decency
San Bernardino Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Bernardino
Cite as: San Bernardino Municipal Code Chapter 9.28 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 9.28.010 URINATION AND DEFECATION PROHIBITED WHERE.¶
It is unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in any public park, street, alley, highway, public meeting, assembly or other public place, or in the immediate neighborhood thereof and in view from the same places; provided that this section shall not be applicable to the act of urinating or defecating in a proper receptacle in a restroom or bathroom in any enclosed structure.
(Ord. 1657, passed 4-22-1941; Ord. 2552, passed 1-28-1964; Ord. MC-978, passed 8-6-1996)
§ 9.28.020 MASTURBATION PROHIBITED WHERE.¶
It is unlawful for any person to masturbate in a public restroom or other public place. In order to establish the commission of the foregoing offense, it shall not be necessary to prove that the accused had an orgasm or an emission.
(Ord. 1657, passed 4-22-1941; Ord. 2552, passed 1-28-1964)
§ 9.28.030 PRESENCE IN PUBLIC RESTROOM WHERE PERSON MASTURBATING PROHIBITED.¶
No person shall knowingly be present in any public restroom where another person or persons are masturbating.
(Ord. 1657, passed 4-22-1941; Ord. 2552, passed 1-28-1964)
§ 9.28.040 VIOLATION - PENALTY.¶
Any person or persons violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor or an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, is punishable in accordance with the provisions of § 1.12.010.
(Ord. 1657, passed 4-22-1941; Ord. 2552, passed 1-28-1964; Ord. MC-460, passed 5-15-1985; Ord. MC-978, passed 8-6-1996)
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