URINATING OR DEFECATING IN PUBLIC.
Los Angeles Municipal Code § 41.47.2
in effectSEC. 41.47.2. URINATING OR DEFECATING IN PUBLIC.
(Added by Ord. No. 175,626, Eff. 12/16/03.)
No person shall urinate or defecate in or upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, beach, park, public building or other publicly maintained facility or place, or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view, except when using a urinal, toilet or commode located in a restroom, or when using a portable or temporary toilet or other facility designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste and which is enclosed from public view.
Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/lamc/0-0-0-128910Fetched: 10/24/2026
