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**NakedGary** · 07-19-2006, 09:04 AM

Do you know your City/County ordinance on Nudity - Find Out - Here's mine:

Sacramento, California [The State Capitol]

City of Sacramento, CA Codes on Nudity
9.04.060 Nudity.
It is unlawful for any person to appear, bathe, sunbathe, walk or be in any public park, playground, or beach, or the waters adjacent thereto, located within the city, in such a manner that the genitals, vulva, pubis, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anus, anal region, or pubic hair region of any person, or any portion of the breast at or below the upper edge of the areola thereof on any female person, is exposed to public view or is not covered by an opaque covering.
A. This section shall not apply to children under the age of ten (10) years.
B. This section shall not apply to live theatrical performances performed in a theater, concert hall, or other similar establishment located on public land. (Prior code § 26.01.059)

”Nothing is mentioned about private property, or exposure to non public view, and if a six foot fence is installed and others peep through, or go out of there way to look over, then that can be considered peeping, and how could one complain about indecent exposure or being offended by nudity if they are peeping or going out of there way to look over or thru board spaces in a fence.
[A Sacramento nudist and home owners view of Code 09.04.060 Nudity]

Most major cities publish codes and ordinances on line or the WWW.

If not call your cities information department and/or non emergency police/Sheriff department line & find out or go to the public library or recorders office, they should have that information available, printed, or on micro-film.

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When you find out, list your city or county code on nudity here in this topic/thread.

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**hatesclothes** · 07-19-2006, 09:09 AM

quote:
Originally posted by NakedGary:
Do you know your City/County ordinance on Nudity - Find Out - Here's mine:

Sacramento, California [The State Capitol]

City of Sacramento, CA Codes on Nudity
9.04.060 Nudity.
It is unlawful for any person to appear, bathe, sunbathe, walk or be in any public park, playground, or beach, or the waters adjacent thereto, located within the city, in such a manner that the genitals, vulva, pubis, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anus, anal region, or pubic hair region of any person, or any portion of the breast at or below the upper edge of the areola thereof on any female person, is exposed to public view or is not covered by an opaque covering.
A. This section shall not apply to children under the age of ten (10) years.
B. This section shall not apply to live theatrical performances performed in a theater, concert hall, or other similar establishment located on public land. (Prior code § 26.01.059)

”Nothing is mentioned about private property, or exposure to non public view, and if a six foot fence is installed and others peep through, or go out of there way to look over, then that can be considered peeping, and how could one complain about indecent exposure or being offended by nudity if they are peeping or going out of there way to look over or thru board spaces in a fence.
[A Sacramento nudist and home owners view of Code 09.04.060 Nudity]

Most major cities publish codes and ordinances on line or the WWW.

If not call your cities information department and find out or go to the public library or recorders office, they should have that information available, printed, or on micro-film.

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When you find out, list your city or county code on nudity here in this topic/thread.

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these city/county ordinances are more common in the West.

In ohio, some people living in a development complained about people target practicing with guns, but learned that the county/township didn't even have the authority from the state to declare/enforce 'no shooting' areas... So: the t.ship can prohibit you from building a fence, BUT NOT from shooting up the neighborhood!!! HOW BIZARRE !!!!

**NakedGary** · 07-19-2006, 09:23 AM

If not, call or see your local Police or Sheriff department. They would know as they have to enforce the codes and ordinances.

**Naturist Mark** · 07-19-2006, 04:36 PM

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If not, call or see your local Police or Sheriff department. They would know as they have to enforce the codes and ordinances.

Don't count on it.

In New York, where topfreedom has been legal in the entire state for 14 years, many police department still don't know the law. Buffaloed

In Bowling Green, OH Lorien Bourne was put through the legal system, and persuaded by her own court appointed lawyer to admit to a crime that does not exist in the State of Ohio. The Ranger who cited her, the prosecutor, her own lawyer, and the judge all either failed to know the law, or deliberately overlooked it. The public defender said that she was not going to be the one to make it possible for women to go topfree and "scare children."

Don't count on the authorities to tell you the real state of the law with respect to topfreedom or non-sexual nudity. Sorry.

-Mark

**NakedGary** · 07-19-2006, 05:15 PM

Naturist Mark

Well I’m pleased my city is up to date and publishes their nudity codes on the net.

Very true with state wide nudity codes. Most cities nude ordinances take precedence over state nudity codes.

Didn't the Monrovia N.Y. topless case on 4 women change or village administrative judge try to get them on other related charges that didn't have creditability or foundation so those cases were dropped?
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**Naturist Mark** · 07-19-2006, 05:37 PM

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Well I’m pleased my city is up to date and publishes their nudity codes on the net.

What the code says is not necessarily the law. In New York the code may still state that breasts are indecent, but the law is that they aren't due to judicial decision.

quote:
Very true with state wide nudity codes. Most cities nude ordinances take precedence over state nudity codes.

State law ALWAYS supercedes local ordinances, except as state law allows local rules to apply.

Example, in New York the topfreedom rule is statewide because it is based on equal protection rights, so no local laws may supercede it.

In Ohio topfreedom is legal because the specific language of the public indecency law has been ruled by Ohio courts to not include breasts. Any local ordinance that uses the same language would also be bound by the same ruling. A more specific local ordinance outlawing exposure of female breasts MIGHT be controlling law, but I suspect even such a ordinance could be struck on equal protection grounds - which is why the local prosecutor is more likely to charge 'disorderly behavior' or some such non-specific charge instead.

-Mark (not a lawyer)

**Bob S.** · 07-19-2006, 07:13 PM

Mark:"In Ohio topfreedom is legal"

Tell that to the police who arrested Jerome Mason for indecent exposure for going shirtless. That's right, a man!

For Virginia Beach:

Sec. 22-10. Public nudity generally.
(a) As used in this section, "state of nudity" means a state of undress so as to expose the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally appear in public, or in a public place, or in a place open to the public or open to public view, in a state of nudity or to employ, encourage or procure another person to so appear.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to apply to the exhibition, presentation, showing or performance of any play, ballet, drama, tableau, production or motion picture in any theater, concert hall, museum of fine arts, school, institution of higher learning or other similar establishment which is primarily devoted to such exhibitions, presentations, shows or performances as a form of expression of opinion, communication, speech, ideas, information, art or drama, as differentiated from commercial or business advertising, promotion or exploitation of nudity for the purpose of advertising, promoting, selling or serving products or services or otherwise advancing the economic welfare of a commercial or business enterprise, such as a hotel, motel, bar, nightclub, restaurant, tavern or dance hall.
(Code 1965, § 23-32.1)
Cross references: Swimming in the nude, § 6-19.

Sec. 22-11. Indecent exposure.
No person shall intentionally make an obscene display or exposure of his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place or in any place where others are present, and no person shall procure another to so expose himself. No person shall be deemed to be in violation of this section for breastfeeding a child in any public place or any place where others are present.
(Code 1965, § 23-34; Ord. No. 1003, 11-5-79; Ord. No. 2279, 6-28-94)
Cross references: Swimming in the nude, § 6-19.
State law references: Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-387.

Sec. 6-19. Swimming in the nude.
It shall be unlawful and a Class I misdemeanor for any person not wearing a bathing suit or other clothing to bathe in any lake, pond or in the Atlantic Ocean or Chesapeake Bay within the city.
(Code 1965, § 6-11.1)
Cross references: Public nudity generally, § 22-10; indecent exposure, § 22-11.

Bob S.

**NakedGary** · 07-19-2006, 10:12 PM

Thanks "Naturist Mark" and Moderator "Bob S." for your detailed, knowledgeable, and accurate input [as usual] on state, & local laws, top freedom and example of public nudity references on how state and local interface, take precedence or supersedes.

My wording should have said local and city codes may apply instead of take precedence.

CFI/CFF and Nudes in the News has either mentioned, covered, or had topic/threads on these cases brought up as these links reference:

[Naturist Mark, Bob S., and Paul Rapoport have had excellent input, reference, and information on legal, top freedom, and nudity ordinances and law in the forums for a long time] THANKS!

Moravia N.Y. Mention/Links

http://clothesfreeforums.com/eve/forums?a=search&reqWor...Type=1&search=Search

TERA Topfree Equal Rights Association (TERA)
http://www.tera.ca/
breast freedom links:

http://clothesfreeforums.com/eve/forums?a=search&sortTy...y_post_details=1&p=2

Naked Gary’s Topic/Thread “Nudes in the News Fight for topless rights as US cools on nudity [bad article/intresting comments:] athur/date]

http://clothesfreeforums.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6880058...370027234#2370027234
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**kphoger** · 12-30-2006, 10:11 AM

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If not, call or see your local Police or Sheriff department. They would know as they have to enforce the codes and ordinances.

in my experience, if you want to know what the law says, do not ask the police. they might have an idea of what the law says, and they might not, but their primary goal is to GIVE YOU AN ANSWER -- even if it's wrong. they don't want you to think they don't know what the law is, so they'll make something up instead.

i learned this lesson as a hitchhiker. i've been told by three campus security officers, two local police dispatchers, and two police officers that hitchhiking is prohibited -- on college property, in the villages of wheaton and glen ellyn, and in the state of illinois. no such laws exist. the wheaton cop told me i had to keep walking out of town. a few days later, i went to the library and paged through the village code (time-consuming activity) and found nothing. i emailed the chief of police, quoted all pertinent laws, and asked if i was missing something. his deputy emailed me back that i had done nothing wrong, and that the officer would be "dealt with."

so, yeah, go to the library or internet first. do all the research you can BEFORE asking any police.

**NakedTao** · 12-30-2006, 03:15 PM

Don't know... yet. I will know if elected to city council in April. I do have a gut feeling that the law isn't naturist friendly, though.

**K and C** · 12-31-2006, 08:06 AM

For Indiana:
Public nudity
Sec. 1.5. (a) As used in this section, "nudity" has the meaning set forth in section 1(d) of this chapter.
(b) A person who knowingly or intentionally appears in a public place in a state of nudity commits public nudity, a Class C misdemeanor.
(c) A person who knowingly or intentionally appears in a public place in a state of nudity with the intent to be seen by another person commits a Class B misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Class D felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction under this subsection or under subsection (d).
(d) A person who knowingly or intentionally appears in a state of nudity:
(1) in or on school grounds;
(2) in a public park; or
(3) with the intent to arouse the sexual desires of the person or another person, in a department of natural resources owned or managed property;
commits a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Class D felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction under this subsection or under subsection (c).
As added by P.L.123-2003, SEC.3.

**NoodJuggler** · 02-18-2007, 09:20 AM

quote:
Originally posted by NakedGary:
If not, call or see your local Police or Sheriff department. They would know as they have to enforce the codes and ordinances.

Hi NakedGary and All..I called the Police here in Saint Petersburg, Florida awhile back and the first thing I heard on the other end of the line was,,"Hey I have a guy here that wants to run around naked" I never said I wanted to go naked I just asked what the law was on Nudity. They have no idea what the laws are on this subject, there is a law about being lewd and nude but not about just being nude but they will arrest you on some other charge. You can get away with a G-String in certain areas but each city makes their own rules depending on their religious stand. But the bottom line is..They don't know..Cheers..NoodJuggler

The Florida Laws on nudity can be found here.. http://www.naturalandnude.com/thelaw.html and http://www.naturalandnude.com/floridalaw.html

**Nudeinbama** · 02-19-2007, 01:51 PM

JeffMesa, Alabama wasn't on the list, guess we have no laws concerning nudity, Ha!, probaly got the strictest. I will have to look elsewhere for the laws to know for sure.
Nudeinbama

**RunningNude57** · 02-19-2007, 06:47 PM

Although there are probably local ordinances here which I have not found, the Texas one states: Penal Code Title 9, Section 42.01 Disorderly conduct: public nudity.

(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly:

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(12) exposes his anus or genitals in a public place and is reckless about whether another may be present who will be offended or alarmed by his act.

(c) For purposes of this section:

(1) an act is deemed to occur in a public place or near a private residence if it produces its offensive or proscribed consequences in the public place or near a private residence;

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