Louisville Metro prohibits public urination and defecation outside designated restrooms under disorderly conduct provisions. Bourbon Trail and Kentucky Derby crowds make enforcement common downtown and near venues.
Public urination or defecation in Louisville Metro is treated as disorderly conduct under Kentucky Revised Statute 525.060 and addressed under local nuisance ordinances. The offense applies to any public way, alley, parking structure, park, or private property without permission. Enforcement intensifies during Kentucky Derby week, Forecastle, Bourbon & Beyond, and weekends along NuLu, Whiskey Row, and Bardstown Road entertainment districts. LMPD and Metro Parks Rangers issue citations; portable restrooms are required at permitted special events to reduce incidents.
A second-degree disorderly conduct citation under KRS 525.060 is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days jail and a $250 fine. Sex-offender registration does not apply.
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