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city council Meeting 7-25-95
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1810
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 4.08.760 TO
THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING NUDITY
IN PUBLIC PLACES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 4.08.760 is hereby added to the Municipal
Code to read as follows:
4.08.760 Public Nudity.
It shall be unlawful for any female to
expose the areolas of her breasts or for any
person, male or female, to expose his or her
genitalia or anus on public beaches, public
streets, public parks,
or other public
property within the City. The provisions of
this Section shall not apply to persons ten
(10) years of age or younger. Moreover, this
Section
does
not
prohibit
women
from
breastfeeding infants on any public property.
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Any person violating the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined an amount
not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed
six (6) months or both.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this
Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, is
hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the
provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The city council hereby
declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared
invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
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SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the off icial newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mayor
State of Cahfornia )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
CIty of Santa MOnIca )
I, Beth Sanchez, Actmg CIty Clerk of the CIty of Santa Moruca, do hereby certIfy that the
foregomg Ordmance No 1810 (CCS) had Its first readmg on July I L 1995 and had Its second
readmg on July 25, 1995 and was passed by the followmg vote
Ayes
CouncIl members
Abdo, Ebner, Genser, Holbrook, O'Connor, Rosenstem
Noes
CouncIl members
None
Abstam
CouncIl members
None
Absent
CouncIl members
Greenb erg
ATTEST
PROOF OF PUBL'ATION
(2015.5 C.C. P.)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Los Angeles,
1 am a citizen of the United States and a
resident of the County aforesaId, I am over
the age of eighteen years, and not a party to
or Interested In the above-entItled matter I
am the prinCIpal clerk of the prtnter of the
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Issue of said newspaper and not in any
supplement thereof on the following dates,
to-Wit.
JULY 29
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City of Santa Monica
Ordinance Number 1810 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCn. OF THI!,; CITY OF
SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 4.08.870 TO THI!,; SANTA
MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE PROR'!Rull'iG NUDITY IN
PUBLIC PLACES
The followmg 18 a summary of OrdInance Number 1810 (ecS) pre-
pared by the Office of the City Attorney.
OrdInance Number 1810 (eCS) adds Sectwn 4.08.670 to the Santa
MOnIca MUniCIpal Code to prohibIt nudIty on public streets, streets,
parks, and other pubhc property Wlthm the City. SpecIfically, tlua
Ordmance prohibits females from e~g the areolas of their breasts
and prohIbits any person from exposmg hIs or her gemta1ia or anus m
the above locatIOns. Specrlically exempted from tlus Ordmance are per-
sons ten years of age or youn~r and women who breastfeed their
mfants on pubhc property A VIolatIon of tlus Ordmance is a m;~~
Meanor '.
Ordtnance Number 1810 (CCS) was adopted on July 25, 1995, and
shall become effective 30 days from Its adoptIon.
I, Beth Sanchez, ~ Clerk, do hereby certify that OrdinAn~
Number 1810 (ecS) had Its fIrst readmg o~n 11, 1995, and had ita
second readIng on July 25, 1995, and was by the follo~ vote:
Ayes' CouncIlmembers: Abdo, bner, Genser, Holbrook,
O'.connor, Rosenstem
Noes Councilmembers None.
Abstam CouncI1members None
Absent Councilinembers' Greenberg
Is! Beth Sanchez
Actmg City Clerk
The full text of the above Ordmance IS av~u 1~1:-1e upon request from
the office of the City Clerk. located at 1685 MaIn Street, Room 102,
. Santa Mornca Phone' (310) 458-8211
~ Pub. July 29, 1995.