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Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY\

Palo Alto Municipal Code Ch. 9.09 Public Nuisance

Palo Alto Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · Palo Alto

Cite as: Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 9.09 · Text as of 2026-10-19

9.09.010 Regulating public nuisance.

It shall be unlawful for any person on any street or in any public place within the city to do any of the following:

(a) To urinate or defecate, except at a lavatory facility.

(b) To willfully and maliciously disturb any lawful assemblage or procession of persons.

(c) To ignite, cause to be ignited, permit to be ignited, or suffer, allow or maintain any outdoor fire except as permitted by Section 22.04.300 of this code.

This subsection (c) applies to activities on private property as well as on public property.

(Ord. 4911 § 2, 2006)

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