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Ocoee adopts ordinance banning public urination and defecation
Summary
The Ocoee City Commission moved and seconded to adopt a second‑reading ordinance creating a miscellaneous‑offenses code to prohibit public urination and defecation; Police Chief Ogden described health and enforcement reasons for the measure.
The Ocoee City Commission adopted a second‑reading ordinance on May 5 establishing prohibitions on public urination and defecation and adding definitions and penalties to the city code.
Police Chief Ogden told the commission his officers had repeatedly encountered incidents of public urination and defecation and argued the ordinance would provide a consistent legal framework for enforcement, reduce public‑health exposure to pathogens in high‑traffic areas and reinforce community standards.
A commissioner who spoke during the public hearing called the need for the ordinance “sad but necessary.” A motion to adopt the ordinance was made, seconded and the council proceeded to vote (the motion carried as recorded in the public record).
What the ordinance says in the hearing: the measure was read into the record as an ordinance of the City of Ocoee adopting a new title 60 (Miscellaneous Offenses) to the code, providing definitions, penalties, codification language and an effective date.
Next steps: The commission closed public comment and moved forward with adoption; the city will proceed with codification and implementation under the enforcement framework described by the police chief.
The hearing included no detailed tally in the transcript other than the mayor’s statement that the motion would proceed through the approval process.
