Sec. 19-10. - Public urination and defecation and exposure for purposes thereof.

(a)

The board of supervisors of Sonoma county hereby finds and declares that public urination and defecation and the exposure to public view of private parts for the purpose of urination or defecation are offensive to the community including those who become unwilling spectators of such acts. Such acts and the results of such acts are health hazards and also contribute to the deterioration of the county's appearance. County employees charged with the maintenance and preservation of roads, streets and public areas 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 to 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.

(b)

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

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any person over the age of ten (10) years to wilfully expose his 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.

(Ord. No. 2416.)