Largo, FL Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- all city-owned or controlled parks
- Cited section
- Sec. 17-33(c)
- Exception
- city-provided toilet facilities only
- Maximum penalty
- $500 fine or 60 days jail
Summary
Largo prohibits discharging or depositing human waste anywhere on city park property except in toilet facilities the city provides. Section 17-33(c) sets the ban, and a violation is punished under the parks chapter's general penalty of up to $500 or 60 days in jail.
Sec. 17-33. - Prohibited activities in city parks. Except for activities of the city, or a governmental agency within the scope of its governmental authority, it shall be unlawful for any person to do any one or more of the following in a park owned or controlled by the city: ... (c)Discharge or deposit human wastes, except in toilet facilities provided by the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 18 | Comprehensive Development Code: Supplement 18).
Full Breakdown
' The rule sits among other sanitation and decency provisions in the same chapter: Section 17-30(d) separately bars dressing or undressing outside a designated bathhouse, restroom or vehicle, and Section 17-30(f) lets an officer or department employee order a person to leave the area. Because Section 17-33 applies specifically to 'a park owned or controlled by the city,' it reaches public restrooms, beaches, boat ramps and recreation fields under the Recreation, Parks and Arts Department's control, as defined in Section 17-1, rather than public streets or private property generally.
The supplied city code does not contain a separate, general public-urination ordinance covering conduct outside park property; the toilet-facilities requirement in Section 17-33(c) is the only such provision in this code. Enforcement runs through the same officers named in Section 17-36: law enforcement officers, the city manager, the Recreation, Parks and Arts director, and designated department employees, any of whom may also invoke Section 17-30(f) to remove a violator from the park immediately in addition to any citation.
Violations & Fines
Discharging or depositing human waste outside a park's toilet facilities violates Section 17-33(c) and carries the parks chapter's general penalty under Section 17-38: a fine of up to $500, up to 60 days in the county jail, or both, at the court's discretion. Officers may additionally order the person removed from park property under Section 17-30(f).
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