Burlington County, NJ Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

" The rule is written as an absolute ban with no permit or exception process, unlike rules such as Rule 12's sign restriction or Rule 18's camping restriction, which the Board can waive in writing. It applies across every Parks System property, county parks, regional and canoe trails, the Rancocas Nature Center and Fairgrounds grounds alike, and it is paired in the same numbered rule with the dress-code and disrobing restrictions, reflecting that all three provisions govern personal conduct standards expected of park visitors. Rule 16 immediately following it addresses a related but separate concern, misuse of public restrooms for bathing, hair washing, shaving or laundering clothes, so Parks System staff treat outdoor relief and restroom misuse as two distinct violations even though both sit in the same section of the code.

Because Burlington County itself has no general municipal police force with countywide jurisdiction over conduct outside its parks, this rule's reach stops at the boundary of Parks System property; conduct on a public street or in a municipal park is instead governed by the host municipality's own disorderly conduct or nuisance ordinance. Enforcement of Rule 15 runs through the same chain as every other park rule.