East Orange, NJ Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 193-7B(13)
- Prohibited act
- Urinating/defecating in a park
- Exception
- Public restroom fixture only
- Added
- 9-9-2024 by Ord. No. 20-2024
- Maximum fine
- $2,000
- Maximum jail term
- 90 days
Summary
In the City of East Orange, Section 193-7B(13) flatly bans urinating or defecating in any park except in a fixture inside a public restroom or a facility built for toileting, and separately bans leaving any bodily discharge in a park outside a designated waste receptacle. A violation is punishable by a fine of up to $2,000 and up to 90 days in jail or community service.
§ 193-7. Park rules and regulations. ... B. East Orange Skate Park rules and regulations. ... (13) No person shall urinate or defecate in any park except in a fixture within a public restroom or a facility specifically designed for toileting purposes. No person shall leave any bodily discharge in a park, except in waste receptacles designed for that disposal purpose. ... § 193-8. Violations and penalties. ... A. Violators of any of the provisions of this chapter (except §§ 193-5.1 and 193-6D) shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days, and/or 90 days of community service.
Full Breakdown
The rule was added to Chapter 193, Parks, Public, on September 9, 2024 by Ordinance No. 20-2024 as part of Section 193-7, Park rules and regulations, the same ordinance that created the East Orange Skate Park rules. Subsection B(13) states the prohibition without qualification: no person shall urinate or defecate in any park except in a fixture within a public restroom or a facility specifically designed for toileting purposes, and no person shall leave any bodily discharge in a park except in a waste receptacle designed for that disposal purpose.
Because the rule sits inside the section titled 'East Orange Skate Park rules and regulations,' the same ordinance also lists related skate-park conduct rules enforced alongside it, including bans on food, drink, smoking, pets, drugs or alcohol inside the skate park, and a requirement that all users skate at their own risk since the facility is unsupervised. The 2024 ordinance renumbered the chapter's general violations section from Section 193-7 to Section 193-8, so the penalty for this rule is found in the renumbered section rather than alongside the rule itself.
Violations & Fines
A person convicted of violating Section 193-7B(13), like most other Chapter 193 park offenses, faces a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days, and up to 90 days of community service under Section 193-8A, since the offense is not among the small set of park violations (the helmet rule and the park-curfew rule) that carry their own separate, lower penalty schedule.
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