Naperville, IL Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited
- Urinating/defecating anywhere but a restroom
- Locations covered
- Streets, sidewalks, yards, parks, ROW, buildings
- Also barred
- Doing so in public view, even off-street
- Chapter
- Ch. 2, 'Conduct, Morals and Decency' offenses
- Penalty
- $100-$500 per offense under § 1-4-2
Summary
Naperville Municipal Code Section 10-2-1-5, item 3, bars urinating or defecating anywhere in public other than a restroom, including on streets, sidewalks, yards, parks and rights-of-way, or in public view, as part of the City's broader indecent-activities offense.
3.Urinating Or Defecating In Public: It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate: 3.1.In or on a public street, alley, sidewalk, yard, park, building, structure, plaza, public or utility right-of-way, or other public place, other than in a restroom; or 3.2.In public view.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 101).
Full Breakdown
2 separately bars doing so 'in public view,' which extends the prohibition to conduct visible from a public place even if the person is technically on private property. The same Section, adopted originally in the 1960 Code and amended by Ordinance 99-27 in 1999 and Ordinance 22-044 in 2022, also criminalizes profanity on a public street or alley, public nudity or indecent exposure (with an explicit carve-out for lawful infant breastfeeding under 720 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-9), selling or displaying adult or obscene material where minors could encounter it, and fighting or assault in a public place, showing the urination clause sits within a chapter of Naperville's 'Conduct, Morals And Decency' offenses rather than a stand-alone nuisance rule.
Chapter 2 sets no fine specific to Section 10-2-1-5, so a violation is prosecuted under the City's general penalty, Section 1-4-2, which classifies unspecified Code violations as a fine of $100 to $500 per offense, and Section 1-4-2 also authorizes a court to impose a disposition of supervision in lieu of, or in addition to, a fine.
Violations & Fines
A Section 10-2-1-5, item 3 violation is enforced under the City's general penalty, Naperville Municipal Code Section 1-4-2: a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each offense, since the general offenses chapter states no dedicated amount. The Naperville Police Department issues citations for public urination or defecation on complaint or observation, and a court may instead enter a disposition of supervision under Section 1-4-1.
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