Cicero, IL Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Code of Ordinances § 62-14
- Fine range
- $100 to $500 per offense
- Enforcing agency
- Cicero Police Department
- Last amended
- Ord. No. 3-16, Jan. 26, 2016
- Exception
- Designated public restrooms/facilities
Summary
The Town of Cicero folds urination and defecation in public into its general indecency ordinance. Section 62-14 makes it unlawful to relieve yourself in any place in town not specifically designated for the purpose, with a fine of $100 to $500 for anyone caught doing so on a street, alley or in a park.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any indecent, lewd or filthy act, including, but not limited to, urination and defecation in public places not specifically designated for the same, in any place in the town or to utter any lewd or filthy words or to sing any song, the words of which are suggestive of indecency or immorality, or to use any threatening or abusive language in the hearing of other persons publicly or to make any obscene gesture to or about any other persons publicly. ... A minimum fine of $100.00 shall be imposed for violations of this section and a maximum fine of $500.00 shall be imposed for violations of this section.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 121).
Full Breakdown
Cicero's Code of Ordinances addresses public urination and defecation inside Section 62-14, 'Indecent exposure and obscene acts or gestures,' rather than in a standalone sanitation chapter. ' The same subsection also bars uttering lewd or filthy words, singing indecent songs, using threatening or abusive language in the hearing of others, and making obscene gestures toward another person in public. Because the town folded the sanitation offense into its general indecency ordinance, a citation for public urination is legally identical to a citation for indecent exposure: both draw from subsection (b) and carry the same penalty in subsection (c).
The section traces to the Revised Ordinances of 1917 and was last amended by Ordinance No. 3-16 on January 26, 2016. Enforcement falls to the Cicero Police Department, which can cite anyone found relieving themselves in a place 'not specifically designated for the same,' meaning a restroom or similarly designated facility is the exception. Section 62-61 covers obscenity generally, but the urination and defecation language sits only in Section 62-14, and no medical-necessity defense is written into the text.
Violations & Fines
A minimum fine of $100.00 and a maximum fine of $500.00 applies to every violation of Section 62-14, covering public urination and defecation as well as the section's other indecent-act provisions. Each incident is charged as a separate offense, and the Cicero Police Department issues the citation. There is no license or registration to revoke because the offense is a general conduct violation, not a licensed activity.
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