Police will patrol the area around St Stephens church
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People caught urinating in a public place in Bristol will be offered the chance to clean up after themselves or, if they refuse, issued with a �80 fine.
The new approach to anti-social behaviour was piloted on Saturday 15 July when nine people were caught.
Eight agreed to clean up and one was issued with a fine.
Police Inspector Mike Cox said: "It costs over �1,500 to clean up our city after a Saturday night purely because people don't bother to use toilets."
Two police community support officers with buckets and other cleaning equipment will patrol the city looking for offenders in hotspots such as the lanes between the Hippodrome and Carling Academy and the road along the back of premises on the Waterfront and St Stephens church.
"At present, many people around St Stephens are very offended by what they see... this is not the way for us to meet and greet people, " said Canon Tim Higgins from St Stephens Church.
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