Placer County, CA Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

010 flatly prohibits depositing human waste material by urination or defecation in any public place, other than in a public toilet or restroom designed to receive it, in any place exposed to public view, or upon the ground or upon any premises, lot, or public street. 020 defines human waste material narrowly as human urine or fecal matter discharged from the body, so the ordinance does not reach animal waste, which is addressed elsewhere in the county code's animal-control provisions. The article, adopted by Ordinance 5809-B in 2016 alongside the county's aggressive panhandling law, applies countywide in the unincorporated area regardless of time of day, and does not carve out exceptions for medical emergencies or a lack of nearby facilities.

Because the prohibition covers any place exposed to public view, it can reach private property, such as a yard or driveway, if the act is visible from a street, sidewalk or neighboring parcel, not just parks, sidewalks, or business districts. 040 so a successful legal challenge to one part does not undo the whole prohibition.