East Brunswick, NJ Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Section 158-13.2 sits in Chapter 158, Parks and Public Lands, and was added on May 30, 2024 by Ord. No. 24-10. Subsection A makes it unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate on public land as defined in § 158-2 and in a public place as defined in the section. Public land under § 158-2 is any land which the Township owns, or controls by lease, easement or other conveyance.

Subsection B defines public place broadly. It is any place to which the public has access and includes any street, highway, road, alley, boardwalk or sidewalk. It also includes the front or the neighborhood of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business, and public grounds, areas, parks and marinas. The definition then reaches parking lots and other vacant private property not owned by or under the control of the person charged. In the case of a minor, the test is whether the property is owned by or under the control of his or her parent or guardian.

The penalty is not written into § 158-13.2 itself. It is the fine schedule in § 158-12A, a table of fines for violations of the rules governing use of parks, public lands, school property and indoor public places. That section was amended on May 30, 2024 by Ord. No. 24-10, the same ordinance that added § 158-13.2. The table has a Fine column and a 2nd Offense column, and it lists urination and defecation as separate violations with different amounts. Its closing text says that each day such violations are committed or permitted to continue constitutes a separate offense.

Enforcement runs through Chapter 158 as a whole. Under § 158-11 the Director of Parks, Park Rangers, the Parks Foreman and designated Department of Parks employees enforce the chapter, can eject a person from a park and can issue summonses before the Municipal Court.