Chapter 9.29
NUDITY IN PUBLIC PLACES

Sections:

9.29.010    DEFINITIONS.

9.29.020    NUDITY PROHIBITED.

9.29.030    VIOLATION - PENALTY.

9.29.040    VIOLATION - NUISANCE DECLARED.

9.29.010 DEFINITIONS.

The following words and terms shall have the meanings which follow:

(a)    "Liquor" means as defined by RCW 66.04.010, as now or hereafter amended.

(b)    "Nude condition" means the display or exposure, with less than a full opaque covering, of any portion of a person’s genitals, pubic area, or buttocks or that portion of the breast lower than the upper edge of the areola.

(c)    "Person" means a natural person of either sex or any corporation, partnership or association.

(d)    "Place" means an establishment or function of any sort which is, or required to be, licensed by the Washington State Liquor Control Board pursuant to RCW 66.24. (Ord. 3957 §1, 1985)

9.29.020 NUDITY PROHIBITED.

No person shall appear, cause the appearance, or suffer the appearance in any place where liquor is sold or consumed of any person in a nude condition. (Ord. 3957 §2, 1985)

9.29.030 VIOLATION - PENALTY.

Any person convicted of violating this chapter, or any part hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the provisions of BMC Chapter 1.12. (Ord. 4733, Reaffirmed, 11/30/2000; Ord. 4680, Amended, 12/17/1999; Ord. 3957 §3, 1985)

9.29.040 VIOLATION - NUISANCE DECLARED.

Any violation of this chapter is declared to be a public nuisance and, upon any violation thereof, the city attorney may commence an action for the abatement, removal and enjoinment of such nuisance. (Ord. 3957 §4, 1985)