Taylorsville, UT Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Section 9.08.030(C)(27), Inappropriate Conduct, makes a property or premises a nuisance when there is an environment which causes, encourages, or allows individuals or groups to commit one or more of eight listed acts on the property, the premises, or an adjacent public place. Subsection b names publicly urinating or defecating directly; the same item also reaches illegal alcohol or drug use, threatening another person with bodily injury, fighting, discharging a firearm or explosive, disturbing the peace with noise, blocking pedestrian or vehicular traffic, and soliciting prostitution.

Because the nuisance attaches to the property, the responsible person under section 9.08.020 is the owner, lessor, lessee, or anyone entitled to control, use, or occupy the property where the conduct happens, not just the individual who commits the act. Enforcement follows chapter 9.08's abatement path: the city designated representative, generally the Taylorsville Police Department, first attempts voluntary correction under section 9.08.080, then can issue an administrative notice under section 9.08.090 with a completion date to eliminate the environment that allows the conduct. Under section 9.08.100(D)(1), any person who maintains or assists in maintaining the nuisance is guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and section 9.08.100(B) adds a monetary fine of $100 per day for the first week the condition continues and $200 per day after that.