Rohnert Park, CA Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum age covered
- over ten years old
- Default classification
- misdemeanor
- Possible downgrade
- infraction if § 1.16.010(B)(1)-(4) findings met
- Related offense
- public exposure for urination/defecation, § 9.36.020
Summary
Rohnert Park makes it unlawful for anyone over ten to willfully urinate or defecate in a public place or a place exposed to public view. A companion section bans exposing genitals for that purpose, and both are misdemeanors unless downgraded to an infraction.
It is unlawful for any persons over the age of ten years to wilfully urinate or defecate in a public place or in a place exposed to public view. A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor unless the citing officer is able to make one of the findings contained in subsections 1.16.010 B (1) through (4) of this code and elects to issue a citation for an infraction.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 51 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
36 (Public Urination, Defecation and Exposure), states it is unlawful for any person over the age of ten years to wilfully urinate or defecate in a public place or in a place exposed to public view. 010(B)(1) through (4) of the code, in which case the officer may instead issue an infraction citation. 020, separately bans wilfully exposing genitals, vulva, pubis, pubic symphysis, pubic hair, buttocks, natal cleft, perineum, anus, anal region, or the pubic hair region for the purpose of urination or defecation in a public place or place exposed to public view, again applying to anyone over age ten. 010's penalty language updated by Ordinance 743 in 2005. 020.
Violations & Fines
A violation of Section 9.36.010 is a misdemeanor by default, but the citing officer may issue an infraction instead if one of the four findings listed in Section 1.16.010(B) applies. Section 9.36.020's public-exposure offense carries no stated infraction downgrade in the text read. Enforcement falls to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety.
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