(A) Purpose. The purposes of this section are to:
(1) Protect and secure the public health, safety and general welfare of persons and property through the prohibition of public nudity within the city.
(2) Provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this section, to repeal any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith and to provide an effective date of said section.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PUBLIC NUDITY. The knowing or intentional display in a public place, or for payment or promise of payment of an admission fee of:
(1) Any individual's genitals or anus with less than a fully opaque covering; or
(2) A female individual's breast with less than a fully opaque covering of the nipple and areola.
PUBLIC NUDITY does not include: a woman's breastfeeding of a baby, whether or not the nipple or areola is exposed during or incidental to the feeding; material as defined in Public Act 343 of 1984, § 2,
being M.C.L.A. § 752.362, as amended; or, sexually explicit visual material as defined in Public Act 33 of 1978, § 3, being M.C.L.A. § 722.673, as amended.
(C) Public nudity prohibited. No person shall engage in public nudity. No business establishment, including, but not limited to owners, officers, persons in charge of or control of the premises shall permit persons to engage in public nudity.
(Ord. 783, passed 3-11-96) Penalty, see § 96.99