Commerce City, CO Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Section 12-6002 of the Commerce City Revised Municipal Code bans depositing, or permitting to be deposited, any human excrement, vomit, spittle, or other human bodily waste on public or private property, unless the waste goes into a toilet, urinal, or other receptacle that is designed, intended, and made available for that use. The section applies broadly: it is not limited to streets or parks but reaches any public or private property in the city, so urinating or defecating in an alley, a parking lot, along a trail, or on a neighbor's lawn all fall within the same offense.

Bodily waste deposited during a gathering is also one of sixteen conditions listed in section 12-5010 that can turn a private party into a prohibited public nuisance if the conduct occurs at the gathering site or spills onto neighboring property, giving Commerce City Police a second charging option, against the host under the nuisance-party section and against the individual under section 12-6002, when a backyard party results in public urination visible to neighbors. There is no permit or designated-area exception in the section beyond the toilet-or-receptacle carve-out; unlike the camping ordinance in Article III, section 12-6002 does not require a prior verbal warning before police can cite or arrest, since it sits among the general Article VI safety-and-health offenses rather than the homelessness-specific provisions.

Commerce City Police typically enforce the section on a complaint or on-view basis in commercial corridors, parks, and along event routes near Dick's Sporting Goods Park, where large crowds and limited restroom access make the offense more common on event days.