Farmersville, TX Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Adopted by Ord. No. 2009-33 in November 2009, Sec. 47-97 sits in Chapter 47, Article IV, Division 1 (Offenses Against Public Morals) of the Farmersville Code. The ordinance has two operative clauses: it bars relieving oneself in any public place or in immediate proximity to one that has not been marked as a restroom, and it separately bars doing so anywhere the public or a substantial group of the public has access, naming streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.

That second clause reaches quasi-public indoor spaces, not just outdoor rights-of-way, so a shared hallway in an apartment complex or the lobby of an office building is covered as much as a downtown sidewalk. The code writes no exception into the section for medical necessity, minors, or any other circumstance; the sole carve-out is a location that has actually been designated as a restroom. Enforcement runs through the Farmersville Police Department, with prosecution in the Farmersville Municipal Court. The $500 cap tracks the city's default penalty for offenses that do not carry their own stated fine under the general-penalty section, Sec. 1-3, rather than the enhanced $2,000 tier reserved for fire-safety, zoning, and sanitation violations.