§ 18-27. Public indecency unlawful; elements defined.  


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  • (a)

    A person who knowingly or intentionally, in a public place, to include, but not be limited to, indoor and outdoor entertainment establishments, restaurants, theaters, bars, bookstores and places of public accommodation where one (1) or more other persons is present: (1) engages in sexual intercourse; (2) engages in deviate sexual conduct; (3) appears in a state of nudity; or (4) fondles the genitals of himself/herself or another person, commits the unlawful act of public indecency.

    (b)

    Nudity means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, anus or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering or any part of the nipple or areola, or the showing of the covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.

(Ord. No. 11177, § 2, 4-3-95)

Editor's note

Section 2 of Ord. No. 11177, adopted April 3, 1995, has been included herein as § 18-27 at the editor's discretion.