Broomfield, CO Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Section 9-16-080 of the Broomfield Municipal Code, within Chapter 9-16, Immoral Conduct, states plainly that it is unlawful for any person to urinate in any public way, or place which is public in nature, or any place within the city open to the public view. The chapter's definitions section, 9-16-010(S), describes a public place broadly to include any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, park, playground, or place to which the general public has access and a right to resort for business, entertainment, or other lawful purpose, expressly naming stores, restaurants, taverns, bowling alleys, and shopping centers among covered locations, along with the front or immediate area of those places.

Chapter 9-16 groups this offense with related immoral conduct provisions such as indecent exposure under 9-16-030 and public indecency under Chapter 9-18, reflecting the city's broader effort to police conduct visible to the public. No specific fine or jail term is written into Section 9-16-080 itself, so a violation falls under the Chapter 1-12 general penalty: a fine not exceeding $2,650.00, imprisonment not exceeding 364 days, or both, with each day of a continuing violation potentially charged as a separate offense. Because the general penalty statute at 1-12-020(A) applies to any act declared unlawful in the code where no different penalty is specifically prescribed, that citywide fine-and-jail range governs a public urination charge just as it would most other Chapter 9-16 offenses.