Maricopa County, AZ Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Maricopa County's Human Waste Ordinance, numbered P-37, sets out two separate violations. 1 states that 'defecation and urination shall not occur in any public location not specifically intended and marked for that purpose,' and names five location types: sidewalks, parks, bus stops, roadsides, and empty lots. The 'not limited to' wording means the ban reaches any public place lacking a marked restroom or portable toilet, not just those five categories. 2 creates a second, independent offense: leaving or abandoning feces, urine, or soiled toilet paper in a public location that isn't designated to hold human waste or hazardous materials.

That means even if the underlying act happened somewhere permitted, walking away and leaving waste or soiled paper behind in an undesignated public spot is its own separate violation. The ordinance sits in the county's P-series of standalone ordinances, the same numbering series that carries the county's noise, fireworks, and construction-hours rules, and it operates alongside the Environmental Health Code's sanitation provisions rather than replacing them. 2 directly rather than against a separately numbered graduated-penalty clause.