Roseville, CA Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

38, first adopted by Ordinance 1963 in 1986 and amended by Ordinance 2192 in 1989. 010 prohibits depositing human waste material, whether by urinating or defecating, in three settings: any public place, any place exposed to public view, and upon the surface of the ground or upon any premises, lot, or public street. The single carve-out is a public toilet or restroom designed to receive waste material; using one of those fixtures is not a violation no matter where it sits. Because the prohibition reaches any place exposed to public view, the rule is not limited to streets and sidewalks: a backyard, parking lot, or private lot that a passerby can see into falls under the same ban.

020, added by Ordinance 2316 in 1990, narrows the term human waste material for purposes of the chapter to human fecal matter discharged from the body, the only definition the chapter supplies. 010 itself, which lets the city attorney choose between an infraction and a misdemeanor for each violation, so a first offense can be resolved with a citation while a repeat or aggravated case can be prosecuted as a misdemeanor. The chapter carries no separate schedule of fines; the infraction/misdemeanor election controls the maximum penalty available for each classification.

Roseville police and code enforcement officers issue citations under this chapter after a complaint or an officer's direct observation, since the conduct must occur in public view or on a public-facing property to qualify.