Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 9.20 Nudity

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State Law reference— Provisions authorizing cities to regulate indecent exposure by waiters, waitresses and performers, free of legislative preemption, Pen. C. §§ 318.5 and 318.6.

No person shall, while acting as a waiter, waitress or entertainer in an establishment which serves food, beverages, or food and beverages, including, but not limited to, alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises of such establishment, expose his or her genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, natal cleft, perineum, anal region or pubic hair region, or shall any such person expose any device, costume or covering which gives the appearance of or simulates the genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, natal cleft, perineum, anal region or pubic hair region.

(Prior code § 4195)

No female person shall, while acting as a waitress or entertainer in an establishment which serves food, beverages, or food and beverages, including, but not limited to, alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises of such establishment, expose the areola of either or both breasts or any portion of either or both breasts below the areola thereof, or shall any such female person employ any device which is intended to simulate such portions of either or both breasts, or shall any such female person wear any type of clothing so that any portion of either or both breasts may be observed.

(Prior code § 4195.1)

No person shall permit, procure, counsel or assist another person to violate any provision of Sections 9.20.010 or 9.20.020.

(Prior code § 4195.2)

The provisions of Sections 9.20.010, 9.20.020 or 9.20.030 do not apply to a theatrical performance in a theater, concert hall or similar establishment which is primarily devoted to theatrical performances.

(Prior code § 4195.3)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to appear, bathe, sunbathe, walk, or be in any public place or place open to public view in such manner so as to expose the human male or female genitals, vulva, pubis, pubic hair, cleft of the buttocks, perineum, or anus with less than a fully opaque covering, and/or to expose the nipples and/or the areola of the female breasts with less than a fully opaque covering. This provision may not be complied with by applying an opaque covering simulating the appearance of the specific anatomical part required to be covered. Violation hereof is a misdemeanor.

B. This Section shall not apply to children under the age of ten (10) years, or females engaged in breast-feeding of an infant under the age of two (2) years old.

(Ord. C-7713 § 3, 2000: Ord. C-7591 § 3, 1999: Ord. C-7274 § 1, 1994: Ord. C-5908 § 1, 1982: Ord. C-5624 § 1 (part), 1980: prior code § 7300.4)