HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2010-035-O-10Effective Date: August 2, 2010 6/2010
• 35-0-10
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Title 9, "Public Safety,"
Section 5, "General Offenses,"
of the City Code of the City of Evanston
Paragraph 11, "Public Nudity; Urinating or Defecating in Public"
WHEREAS, It is against the safety, morals, and general welfare of the
People of the City of Evanston to permit nudity, urination, or defecation in public; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston has been granted the power to regulate
such activity to preserve the safety, morals, and. general. welfare of the citizens of
Evanston; and
WHEREAS this amendatory ordinance further defines what nudity is, and
would provide guidance to law enforcement and to the People of the City of Evanston;
• NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Title 9, "Public Safety," Section 5, "General Offenses,"
Paragraph 11, "Public Nudity; Urinating or Defecating in Public" of the Evanston City
Code of 1979, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding a definition of nudity:
9-5-11: Public Nudity; Urinating or Defecating in Public:
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to appear in a public place in a state of nudity
or to make any indecent exposure of his/her person. For purposes of this section,
nudity shall be defined as: the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic
areas or buttocks, or female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion
thereof below the top of the nipple. Women breastfeeding in public are exempt from
this definition.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate:
• 1. In or on a public street, alley, sidewalk, yard, park, building, structure,
plaza, public or utility right of way, or other public place; or
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2. In public view. •
(a) It shall be a defense to prosecution for urinating or defecating that the
person was in a restroom.
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this Ordinance 35-0-10 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: , 2010 Approved:
Adopted: % , 2010 _ J� , 2010
4eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
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Attest: Approved as to form:
idneyOreene, City Clerk W. Grant Farrar, Corporation Cou el
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