Sebastopol Municipal Code Ch. 9.12 Exposing of Private Parts in Public

The City Council of the City of Sebastopol finds and declares that public urination and defecation and the exposure to public view of private parts for those purposes are offensive to the community including, but not limited to, those who would become unwilling spectators of such acts.

Such acts and results of such acts constitute health hazards and contribute to the deterioration of the City’s appearance.

City employees charged with the maintenance and preservation of the streets and public areas and other public properties are unduly burdened with the task of removing and cleaning and restoring such public areas to their original condition.

It is in the public interest and necessary for the public health, safety and welfare that public places and places exposed to public view be available for use and used and enjoyed by as many people as possible, free from such acts and the results of such public urination or defecation.

It shall be unlawful for any person over the age of 10 years to willfully urinate or defecate in a public place exposed to public view.

It shall be unlawful for any person over the age of 10 years to willfully expose his or her person or private parts for the purpose of urination or defecation in a public place or in a place exposed to public view in such a manner that the genitals, vulva, pubis, pubic symphysis, pubic hair, buttocks, natal cleft, perineum, anus, anal region or pubic hair region is exposed to public view.