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

and applicable to every 'county park' defined in Sec. 16-19, meaning any park, trailhead, trail or preserved open space the county owns or operates. The section lists three unlawful behaviors together: disorderly or intoxicated conduct, including threatening, abusive, boisterous or insulting language, disorderly assembly, or soliciting for any purpose (subsection (1)); noisy conduct such as running generators or motors, playing radios, or otherwise making loud or disturbing noise that disrupts the peace of the park (subsection (2)); and, in subsection (3), publicly urinating or defecating.

The rule carries no exceptions or permit process, unlike the fire and firearms provisions elsewhere in Sec. 16-20 that allow department-designated areas. Because it is grouped with the county's general public-behavior standard rather than a separate sanitation code, a single incident, an intoxicated visitor who is also loud and relieves himself in public, can support multiple counts under the same section. The rule was adopted by Resolution No. 100417-MPR, exh. 1(3), on October 4, 2017, and it applies only within county-operated parks in unincorporated Pinal County.

Restroom facilities are provided at developed county parks specifically so that visitors are not left without a lawful option; using undeveloped brush or parking areas instead is what the section targets.