Tallahassee, FL Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Rule
- Human waste only in city toilet facilities
- Scope
- City parks and recreational facilities
- Violation type
- Noncriminal offense
- Consequence
- Warning, ejection, or trespass warning
- Trespass warning length
- Up to 180 days, all parks
- Governing section
- Code of General Ordinances § 13-34(b)(1)
Summary
Tallahassee's parks code makes it unlawful to discharge or deposit human waste anywhere in a city park except in toilet facilities the city provides. Code of General Ordinances § 13-34(b)(1) treats a violation as a noncriminal offense that can bring a warning, immediate ejection, or a law enforcement trespass warning.
It shall be unlawful for any person to do one or more of the following in a park or recreational facility owned, managed, maintained, or controlled by the city:(1)Discharge or deposit human wastes except in toilet facilities provided by the city....Violation of this section shall constitute a noncriminal offense and shall be cause for a warning, immediate ejection from the park, or issuance by a law enforcement officer of a trespass warning. If warranted, a violator may be immediately ejected and given a trespass warning.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Land Development Code: Supplement 75 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 75).
Full Breakdown
Section 13-34(b) lists conduct barred in any park or recreational facility owned, managed, maintained, or controlled by the city. Item (1) is unqualified: it is unlawful to discharge or deposit human wastes except in toilet facilities provided by the city, with no exception for emergencies or for areas without a restroom nearby. It sits in the same subsection as bans on defacing park property (item 2), harming wildlife (item 3), and polluting park waters (item 8), and the subsection's closing sentence supplies the consequence for the whole list: violation is a noncriminal offense, and it is cause for a warning, immediate ejection from the park, or issuance by a law enforcement officer of a trespass warning; the closing sentence adds that if warranted, a violator may be immediately ejected and given a trespass warning in the same encounter.
ch. 810. Because the rule is codified specifically in the parks and recreation chapter, it governs conduct on park grounds; it is not a freestanding citywide public-urination ordinance covering downtown sidewalks or other public rights-of-way outside park property.
Violations & Fines
Discharging or depositing human waste anywhere in a Tallahassee park outside a city-provided toilet facility is a noncriminal offense under § 13-34(b)(1): the response is a warning, immediate ejection from the park, or a law enforcement trespass warning, with ejection and a warning both available in the same encounter if warranted.
Frequently Asked Questions
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