Stonecrest, GA Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Codified at City Code § 16-26 and adopted by Ordinance No. 2018-10-03, Stonecrest's public-urination law is short but broad: it is unlawful to defecate or urinate on or adjacent to any street or sidewalk, or in the halls, elevators, stairways, or any other area designated for public passage within a public or commercial building, or on any property that is simply open to public view. The "open to public view" language reaches beyond streets and sidewalks to cover parking lots, alleys and building grounds wherever the act could be seen by passersby, so it functions as a citywide indecency rule rather than a narrow traffic-corridor restriction.

Because Chapter 16 does not set a section-specific fine for § 16-26, the offense is punished under the chapter's general clause, § 16-1, which directs that anyone found guilty of violating any Chapter 16 provision is punished in a manner consistent with the Code and with Georgia law, leaving the fine and any jail time to Municipal Court's standard misdemeanor schedule. The same conduct frequently overlaps with § 16-52's public intoxication offense when the person is visibly under the influence, and with § 16-20's disorderly conduct catch-all when it happens during a disturbance, so officers responding to a single incident can charge under whichever section the facts best support.

There is no exception in the text for medical necessity or minors, and the prohibition applies citywide, not just within particular districts or business corridors, distinguishing it from Stonecrest's zoning-based nuisance rules that target specific land uses.