Westland, MI Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Classification
- disorderly person
- Penalty level
- misdemeanor
- Exception
- inside a toilet facility
- Code section
- § 62-97(b)(14)
Summary
Westland makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in any public place within the city outside an appropriate toilet facility, charged as disorderly conduct.
(a)It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to be a disorderly person.(b)A person is a disorderly person if the person is any of the following:...(14)A person found urinating or defecating in any public place within the city, except within an appropriate toilet facility.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 66).
Full Breakdown
Westland Code of Ordinances § 62-97(b)(14) classifies a person found urinating or defecating in any public place within the city, except within an appropriate toilet facility, as a disorderly person. Under § 62-97(a), being a disorderly person is itself a misdemeanor. The clause sits among other disorderly-conduct provisions covering public intoxication, indecent conduct, and vagrancy, and was last amended by ordinance in 2014.
Violations & Fines
A violation is a misdemeanor; Westland's general disorderly-persons penalty applies, since the clause itself sets no separate fine.
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