Chapter 9.08 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND DECENCY
Section 9.08.040 Nudity.
A. The presence of persons who are
nude and exposed to public view in or upon any place or
establishment or location frequented by members of the general public is offensive to the
members of the general public who are unwittingly subject to such nudity. The provisions of this
section are enacted for the purpose of securing and promoting the public health, morals and
general welfare of all persons in the city.
B. Whenever in this section the word
"nude" is used, it shall mean devoid of an opaque
covering which covers the genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anus or anal region of any
persons, or any portion of the breast at or below the areola thereof, of any female person.
Whenever in this section the term "public right-of-way" is used, it shall mean any place of
any
nature which is dedicated to use of the public for pedestrian and vehicular travel and includes,
but is not limited to, a street, sidewalk, curb, gutter, crossing, intersection, parkway, highway,
alley, lane, hall, court, way, avenue, boulevard, road, roadway, viaduct, tunnel, bridge,
thoroughfare, square and any other similar public way.
C. No person over the age of ten years
shall be nude and exposed to public view in or on any
public right-of-way, public park, public beach or waters adjacent thereto, or other public lands, or
in or on any private property open to the public, or open to public view from any public right-of-way
on public property.
D. Any violation of this section shall
constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum of ninety days, or a maximum fine of two
hundred fifty dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. (Prior code § 14-8)