Lewisville, TX Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Sec. 8-72 of the Lewisville Code of Ordinances, added by Ordinance No. 0406-21-ORD in November 2021, makes it an offense for any person to urinate or defecate on public property, in a public place, or in public view anywhere in the city. The prohibition covers public property and public view separately, so the offense can occur even on private land if the act is visible to others and not inside a restroom.

Sec. 8-71 defines 'public place' expansively to include streets, alleys, highways, common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, shops, yards, parks, sporting facilities, buildings, structures, plazas, and public or utility rights-of-way. 'Restroom' is defined narrowly as a location with toilets or urinals for the purpose of urinating or defecating.

The only statutory defense is using a restroom: Sec. 8-72(b) states it is a defense to prosecution if the person urinated or defecated in a restroom. There is no exception written into the ordinance for medical necessity or absence of nearby facilities, so anyone cited must raise those circumstances as a general legal defense rather than under this section.

The article sits in Chapter 8, Miscellaneous Offenses, alongside the city's weapons, skateboard, and illegal-smoking-product provisions, and is enforced the same way: a Lewisville police officer issues a citation, and the case is heard in municipal court like other misdemeanors under the Code's general penalty provision.