HomeMy Public PortalAbout1996_06_11_O020The Town of
Leesburg,
.rg ma
PRESENTED June 11, 1996
ORDINANCE NO. 96-0-20
ADOPTED June 11, 1996
AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING THE TOWN CODE TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC NUDITY
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Leesburg Town Council in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. The Town Code is hereby amended to include the following chapter:
Chapter 21
Public Nudity
Section 21-1. Public Nudity.
(a) As used in this section, "state of nudity" means a state of undress so as to
expose the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque
covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any
portion thereof below the top of the nipple.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally
appear in public, or in a public place or in a place open to the public or open to public view, in
a state of nudity, or to employ, encourage, or procure another person to appear so.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to apply to the exhibition,
presentation, showing or performance of any play, ballet, drama, tableau, production or motion
picture in any theater, concert hall, museum of fine arts, school, institution of higher learning
or other similar establishment which is primarily devoted to such exhibitions, presentations,
shows or performances as a form of expression of opinion, communication, speech, ideas,
information, art, or drama, as differentiated from commercial or business advertising, promotion
or exploitation of nudity for the purpose of advertising, promoting, selling or servicing products
or services or otherwise advancing the economic welfare of a commercial or business enterprise,
such as a hotel, motel, bar, nightclub, restaurant, tavern, or dance hall.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be effective upon its adoption.
PASSED this llth day of June, 1996·
~EST:
Clerk of Council
· Clem, Mayor
f Leesburg
R:Nudily