Sun Prairie, WI Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Locations covered
- Sidewalks, streets, parks, cemeteries, stairwells
- Private property
- Also applies if in open public view
- Companion offense
- Indecent exposure banned in same sentence
- Adopted
- Ordinance No. 2002-30 (2002)
- Penalty
- General penalty $5 to $500 first offense
Summary
Sun Prairie bans defecating or urinating outside a designated sanitary facility anywhere in public view, from sidewalks and streets to parks, parking lots and building stairwells, under Code § 9.08.050. The same section separately bars indecent exposure in those same settings.
It is unlawful for any person to defecate or urinate, outside of designed sanitary facilities, upon any sidewalk, street, alley, public parking lot, park, playground, cemetery or other public area within the city, or upon any private property in open view of the public, or in the halls, stairways or elevators of public or commercial buildings, or to indecently expose his or her person.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 71).
Full Breakdown
050, adopted by Ordinance No. 2002-30 in 2002, makes it unlawful to defecate or urinate outside of designated sanitary facilities in a long list of public settings: any sidewalk, street, alley, public parking lot, park, playground or cemetery within the city, any private property that is in open view of the public, and the halls, stairways or elevators of public or commercial buildings. The same sentence separately prohibits indecent exposure of one's person in those settings, tying the two offenses together as a single violation of public decency rather than two separate ordinances.
08's broader effort to define offenses against public peace and decency alongside open-container rules, loitering, obstructing streets and unauthorized presence on school property. 110, if a location repeatedly generates police calls for this kind of conduct, exposing the property, not just the individual, to additional enforcement.
Violations & Fines
Section 9.08.050 does not carry a stated dollar forfeiture of its own, so a violation is punished under the citywide general penalty, § 1.24.010: $5 to $500 plus prosecution costs for a first offense, and $20 to $1,000 for a second offense committed within one year of an earlier conviction of the same ordinance, with county jail time possible if a forfeiture is not paid.
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