Kill Devil Hills, NC Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Town Code § 130.01(A)(16)
- Classification
- Disorderly conduct
- Exception
- Facilities, including mobile units
- Penalty section
- § 130.99, Class 3 misdemeanor
- Enforcing agency
- Kill Devil Hills Police Department
Summary
Kill Devil Hills treats public urination as disorderly conduct. Town Code § 130.01(A)(16) bars urinating anywhere in town except in facilities, including mobile units, built for disposing of human waste, and violators face the town's general misdemeanor and civil penalties.
Any person who shall urinate in the town except in facilities, including mobile units, designed and constructed for the disposal and elimination of human waste. ... Any person convicted of disorderly conduct, as defined in this section, shall be punished as provided in § 130.99.
Full Breakdown
01(A)(16). The provision sits alongside other public-order offenses in the same section, from violent or tumultuous conduct toward another person to uttering obscene words in a public place, and it applies townwide rather than being limited to the beach or any single district. Because the code writes the exception around 'facilities, including mobile units,' it covers both permanent restrooms and the portable toilets the town or event organizers set up for beach accesses, special events and construction sites; urinating anywhere else in public view falls under the ban.
99, the general penalty section for Title XIII of the code. § 14-4 in addition to the escalating civil-penalty schedule the town can pursue for ongoing code violations. Kill Devil Hills Police officers are the ones who cite disorderly conduct offenses on patrol, including at the oceanfront and beach accesses where crowding and alcohol use during the summer season make the facilities exception especially relevant.
Violations & Fines
A conviction is punished under § 130.99, which applies the town's Class 3 misdemeanor penalty of up to a $50 fine or up to 30 days in jail per G.S. § 14-4. The town may also pursue the escalating civil-penalty track of $50 per day for the first 15 days after notice, $100 per day for days 16 to 30, and $500 or more per day beyond that for a continuing violation.
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