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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS

Ceres Municipal Code Ch. 08 Nudity in Public Places

Ceres Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Ceres

Cite as: Ceres Municipal Code Chapter 08 · Text as of 2026-10-04

9.08.010 - Public nudity prohibited.

No person shall appear nude in any place open to the public or any place visible from a place open to the public without an opaque covering which covers the genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anus, or anal region of any person or any portion of the breast at or below the areola thereof of any female person.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 1, 2-24-2020)

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9.08.020 - Exceptions

This subsection shall not apply to the following:

A. Children under the age of ten years;

B. The exposure of a breast while breastfeeding a nursing child;

C. Theatrical performances in a theater, concert hall, or other similar establishment located on public property;

D. Nudity within a fully enclosed structure intended to allow brief nudity, such as a bathroom, locker room, dressing room, or changing room; and

E. Any act that is expressly permitted by any law of the State of California.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 1, 2-24-2020)

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