Pismo Beach Municipal Code Ch. 9.12 Public Nudity

The city council finds and declares that all citizens and members of the public are entitled to use the beaches, parks and other natural resources in the city; it is in the public interest and necessary to the public health, safety and welfare that said beaches, parks and resources be utilized and enjoyed by as many persons as possible; the appearance of persons thereon without clothing and with the private parts of their bodies exposed unreasonably interferes with the right of all persons to use and enjoy said parks, beaches and other resources by causing many persons to leave and others not to come to said places and by causing embarrassment, discomfort and offense to persons living in the vicinity thereof; and such nudity imposes an extraordinary burden on city employees charged with the maintenance and safety thereof. It is the intent of the council to prohibit nudity in said places, irrespective of sexual motives or conduct. (Prior code § 9.28.010)

Every person who shall wilfully appear, bathe, sunbathe, walk or be on or in any public beach or the waters adjacent thereto, park, square, preserve, avenue, street, lane, alley or other public land within the incorporated area of the city in a state of dress or undress in which the genitals, vulva, pubis, pubic hair, buttocks, crease of the buttocks, natal cleft, perineum, anus, anal region or pubic hair region of any person or any portion of the female breast at or below the areola thereof of any female person is exposed to public view or is not covered by an opaque covering shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Prior code § 9.28.020)