City Council on Public Nudity

[Pam Palmer <ppalmer@moscow.com>]

Visionaries-

For those of you who missed the City Council meeting tonight, the Council
passed (5-1) a new ordinance defining public nudity.  If there are any typos
in the following, perhaps a City Council member will post the official
ordinance, along with the ten "Whereas" statements that precede Section 1.

This afternoon, at the Administrative Committee meeting, when it was pointed
out that this new ordinance would make many bikini tops illegal to wear in
public, the Chairman of the committee said something like:  "Why would a
police officer write a ticket to someone who has on a bikini top?"

There should be news coverage of the Council's decision on KLEW-TV, as well
as several area newspapers that were at the Council meeting.

Pam Palmer
Moscow, Idaho

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOSCOW, IDAHO, AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1:  That Moscow City Code Title 10, Chapter 1, Section 16 be, and
the same is hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 1-16.   Public Nudity.


A.  Definitions:

1. "Pubescent or postpubescent female breast."  This shall include the
entire breast once a female begins puberty and continuing throughout her
adult life, but shall not include any portion of breast cleavage.

2. "Breast cleavage."  The middle depression or furrow between pubescent or
postpubescent female breasts.  The nipple, the entire areola, and the area
contiguous to the areola including the cleft between the breast and the body
below the areola which extends upward toward the arm or underarm is not
considered cleavage and is meant to be covered by an opaque covering.

3. "Opaque."  Material which is not transparent or translucent.  Body paint,
body dyes, tattoos, liquid latex whether wet or dried, and similar
substances shall not be considered opaque covering.

B.  No person shall willfully expose to view or fail to cover completely and
opaquely any portion of such person's anus, cleft of the buttocks, genitals,
and the pubescent or postpubescent female breast on or in any public place
open to public view.

C.  Exposure of any portion of a female's breast while she is in the act of
breastfeeding a baby is not a violation of this Section.

D.  This Section shall not apply to a person who is prepubescent.