Las Vegas wants tourists to use toilets

LAS VEGAS, July 16 (UPI) -- Las Vegas city officials say they were not thinking of bodily fluids when they coined the "What Happens, Stays Here" slogan.

But since Sin City's ordinance banning "immodest, improper or indecent behavior" was ruled too broad by a judge hearing a prostitution case, there is no law on the books against urinating, defecating or vomiting in public, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Sunday.

"You want to urinate anywhere you want in the city, feel free to do it," Mayor Oscar Goodman told the newspaper in disgust. "My understanding is there won't be any criminal prosecution."

However, there is a law against indecent exposure and the city attorney's office plans to use the "filthy fluids" law originally intended to ban oil dumping as a stopgap measure, the newspaper said. However, the "filthy fluids" would only apply to liquid waste.

City officials are drafting a new ordinance specifically addressing bodily waste. Doing the deed as well as failing to "clean or remove the material deposited" will earn a $1,000 fine or six months in jail. The City Council aims to have the law on the books next month.