Longmont, CO Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 14.08.205
- Penalty
- up to $3,000 fine, 180 days jail
- Liability standard
- strict liability, per-day offense
- Applies to
- public and private property citywide
Summary
Longmont bans depositing human excrement or waste in an unsanitary manner on any public or private property citywide, covering public urination and defecation as a strict-liability code violation.
It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner, on public or private property within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any human or animal excrement, garbage, contaminated water or material, wastewater or other waste which constitutes a hazard to human health or a public nuisance.
Full Breakdown
Longmont Municipal Code § 14.08.205 makes it unlawful to deposit human excrement, contaminated water, wastewater or other waste in an unsanitary manner on any public or private property in the city: the closest local rule to a general public-urination ban, since the code has no separate 'public urination' section. It sits in the wastewater-collection chapter alongside the sewer-connection rules, not in the general offenses title. A violation carries the chapter's strict-liability penalty under § 14.08.500: up to a $3,000 fine, 180 days in jail, or both, with each day of violation a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Violating § 14.08.205 is a strict-liability offense under § 14.08.500: up to a $3,000 fine, 180 days in jail, or both, and each day of violation is a separate offense.
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