Tangipahoa Parish Council |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 16. OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Article I. IN GENERAL |
§ 16-14. Public nudity prohibited.
(a)
A person physically present in a public place, who is not engaged in expressing a matter of serious literary, artistic, scientific or political value, who knowingly or intentionally:
(1)
Engages in sexual intercourse;
(2)
Appears in a state of nudity; or
(3)
Fondles the genitals of himself, herself, or another person;
commits public nudity, a misdemeanor, and shall be punished in accordance with section 1-13 of this Code.
(b)
"Nudity" means the showing of the human genital, pubic hair, anus, cleft of the buttocks, vulva or any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola, including but not limited to the female nipple.
(c)
Any supervisor, manager, property owner, business owner or employer who shall knowingly suffer or permit any person to engage in public nudity as defined in this section on the premises under his/her/their control shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with section 1-13 of this Code.
(Ord. No. 00-33, 7-10-00)