El Cajon, CA Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

38, is written as a single flat prohibition: no person may 'eliminate human waste' in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building, or publicly maintained facility, or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view anywhere in the city. The only carve-out is for urination or defecation performed inside a restroom or other facility actually designated for sanitary disposal of human waste, so using a portable toilet or public restroom is unaffected. The section specifically confirms it applies within the Superblock, Expanded Civic Center, and Prescott Promenade areas, the same downtown zone described by recorded map and resolution used throughout Title 9's public-conduct chapters, closing off any argument that those semi-private plazas fall outside the general 'public view' standard.

Because the rule turns on visibility and location rather than intent, an officer does not need to show the person meant to offend anyone, only that the elimination happened somewhere covered by the section and was not inside a qualifying restroom. The chapter has no separate definitions section and imports no additional exceptions beyond the restroom carve-out, making this one of the more narrowly drawn public-decency provisions in the code.