Weber County, UT Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Weber County Code Section 30-2-1, the sole provision of Chapter 30-2 titled 'Prohibitions,' states that within the unincorporated areas of the county it is unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate except into receptacles or facilities provided for that purpose when such receptacles or facilities are reasonably available. The section recodifies former Code of 1985 Section 21-8-4 and was adopted by Ordinance No. 17-93 on September 15, 1993.

The rule turns on 'reasonable availability': if a portable toilet, restroom or other designated facility is present and accessible at the time, using anywhere else violates the section; if none is reasonably available, the prohibition does not attach. Because the section applies only in the unincorporated area, it does not reach conduct inside Ogden, Roy, North Ogden, South Ogden, Riverdale, Washington Terrace or Pleasant View, each of which enforces its own municipal code for the same conduct.

Chapter 30-2 sits between Chapter 30-1, Public Peace And Safety, which covers fireworks and public indecency, and Chapter 30-3, which covers offenses affecting the safety of persons and property. The county commission adopted Section 30-2-1 as part of the same 1993 update that added the county's related morals provisions, and the section has not been amended since.