Lenexa, KS Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Section 3-9-E-16 is short and covers a long list of locations. No person shall urinate or defecate in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building, public property, private parking lot, or any place open to the public or exposed to public view. Two entries stand out. A private parking lot is named outright, so a shopping center or restaurant lot is covered even though the land is privately owned. The catch-all phrase reaches any place open to the public or exposed to public view, which extends the rule to private property that a passerby can see.

The only exception is for urination or defecation utilizing appropriate fixtures in any rest room or other facility designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste. A portable toilet at a festival or job site qualifies as a facility designed for that purpose, while an alley behind a bar does not.

The section states no intent element and no warning step. Compare Section 3-9-E-10 on loitering, which lets an officer order a person to move on in lieu of a charge; Section 3-9-E-16 contains no such provision, so the offense is complete once the act occurs in a covered place.

The section carries no penalty of its own. It states that a violation is a public offense punishable as set forth in Article 3-9-J of Chapter 3-9. Section 3-9-J-1 then sends a conviction to Section 1-1-C-3: a fine of not more than $2,500, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Under Section 1-1-C-3 each day that a violation continues is a separate offense, and City licenses and permits held by the offender can be revoked. The prosecution proceeds in the City's municipal court.