Grand Prairie, TX Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 29-68(10), Enumeration of nuisances
- Enforcement reach
- City limits plus 5,000 feet beyond
- Enforcing agencies
- Code compliance manager, police, abatement officers
- Standard fine
- Up to $500 per offense (§1-8)
- Obstruction fine
- Up to $200 for interfering with enforcement
- Related conduct banned
- Depositing filth, night soil on public property
Summary
Grand Prairie Code § 29-68(10) declares it a nuisance to defecate or urinate on any street, alley, or public ground, or anywhere visible from a private residence or passersby. The offense sits among thirty enumerated public nuisances in Article V, General Nuisances, and carries the same fine as any other Chapter 29 nuisance violation.
The following shall constitute nuisances when allowed, maintained or suffered to exist within the city and for a distance of five thousand (5,000) feet from such corporate limits, and the person guilty of causing or permitting a nuisance to exist shall be fined as is hereinafter provided; however, this enumeration shall not be deemed exclusive: ... (10)The act of defecating or urinating upon the streets, alleys or public grounds, or in any place that may be seen from a private residence, or by persons passing along the streets, alleys or public thoroughfares.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 116).
Full Breakdown
' The provision sits alongside related public-decency nuisances in the same section, including depositing filth on a sidewalk (item 7), throwing night soil, feces, or urine into an alley or onto adjacent property (item 14), and keeping a dilapidated privy exposed to public view (item 21). Because the offense is defined as a nuisance under Chapter 29, code compliance and, in practice, the police department can issue a citation for a single occurrence; the statute does not require repeated conduct or a formal abatement notice the way property-based nuisances under Sections 29-95 through 29-101 do.
The chapter's enforcement provisions in Article I authorize the code compliance manager, the environmental services director, and their designated employees, along with any deputized 'abatement officer,' to enforce Article V's general nuisance list, and the municipal court of record has jurisdiction over the offense both inside the city limits and within 5,000 feet of them.
Violations & Fines
Section 29-109 sets the penalty for any Chapter 29 nuisance violation, including public urination and defecation under Section 29-68(10): a fine under Code § 1-8, up to $500 for a first general offense, with each day a violation continues or is permitted to exist counting as a separate offense. Obstructing a city officer engaged in enforcing or abating a nuisance under this chapter draws an additional fine of up to $200 under Section 29-109(c).
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