Cupertino, CA Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

010 as human urine or fecal matter discharged from the body. 020 then prohibits depositing that waste, by urinating or defecating, in any public place, any place exposed to public view, or upon the ground, a premises, a lot, or a public street, with a narrow exception for a public toilet or restroom actually designed to receive it. The ordinance applies City-wide and is not limited to parks or downtown; it covers any private lot or street surface visible to others. 12 general penalty scheme, which sets a maximum fine of $1,000, up to six months in county jail, or both, though the City Attorney has discretion to instead charge repeat conduct as a lesser infraction with fines of $100, $200, and $500 for successive violations within a year.

Because Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department deputies provide Cupertino's police services under contract, they are the officers who cite violators of this ordinance, alongside the City's code enforcement officers, and it sits alongside the City's separate nuisance abatement and social host provisions as one of several public-order tools used around commercial areas and event venues.