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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS CREATING AN OFFENSE FOR
URINATING OR DEFECATING IN PUBLIC; PROVIDING FOR A DEFENSE TO
PROSECUTION OF THIS VIOLATION; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $200.00; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. It shall be unlawful for a person to urinate or
defecate:
(a) in or on a public street, alley, sidewalk, yard, park,
building, structure, plaza, public or utility right-of-way, or
other public place; or
(b) in public view.
SECTION II. It shall be a defense to prosecution under this
section if the person was properly using restroom facilities.
SECTION III. An individual adjudged guilty of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by
a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
SECTION IV. That if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the city
Council of the city of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
SECTION V. That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen
(14) days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is
hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be
published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the city of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the
date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the~Jday offs, 19~