Rancho Cucamonga, CA Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

014 prohibits urinating or defecating in or upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, park, public building, or publicly maintained facility, and extends the ban to any other place open to the public or exposed to public view. The only lawful way to relieve oneself in a covered location is inside a toilet, urinal, or other receptacle provided in a restroom, bathroom, or similar facility built for sanitary waste disposal; using an improvised option like a bottle or bag does not satisfy the exception if used somewhere exposed to public view.

The section carries one express exception: it does not apply to a person who cannot comply because of disability, age, or a medical condition substantiated by a physician, which protects people who physically cannot reach or use a standard restroom in time. " Enforcement is handled by the police department, and the same penalty structure that applies to the chapter's other offenses, including trespass, applies here as well. Because the prohibition reaches any place "exposed to public view," it is not limited to government property: a person urinating in a parking lot, alley, or business doorway that passersby can see is still covered, even though those locations are not owned by the city.