§ 18-25. Urinating in public.

Latest version.

(a)

No person shall, while in or in view of a public place, urinate or defecate, except in toilets provided for that purpose.

(b)

Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Public place means a building, place or accommodation, whether publicly or privately owned, open and available to the general public.

(c)

The offense described in this section is an Independence Municipal Code Class B violation, per section 1-22.

(Prior Code, § 44.1005; Code 2006, § 9.8.1; Ord. No. 1227, § 2, 1993; Ord. No. 1279, § 1(part), 1993)

                    
                        var val = document.getElementById('citecontent').innerHTML;
                        art.dialog.defaults.title = window.location.href;
                        art.dialog.data('cite', val);
                        art.dialog.data('homeDemoPath', '/Scripts/plus/artDialog/');
                        art.dialog.open('/Scripts/plus/artDialog/citeiframe.html');