County Ord 543 Public Exposure by Waiters, EntertainersORDINANCE NO. 543
(AS AMENDED THROUGH 543.1)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
543 PROHIBITING PUBLIC EXPOSURE OF FEMALE BREASTS
AND PRIVATE PARTS
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside, State of California, do
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION. This ordinance is adopted
pursuant to Sections 318.5 and 318.6 of the Penal Code. All words used in this
ordinance which also are used in said Sections 318.5 and 318.6, are used in the same
sense and mean the same as the same respective words used in said Sections 318.5
and 318.6.
SECTION 2. EXPOSURE BY WAITERS, WAITRESSES AND ENTERTAINERS.
No person shall, while acting as a waiter, waitress or entertainer in an establishment
which services alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises of such
establishment:
a. Expose his or her genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, natal
cleft, perineum, anal region or pubic hair region; or
b. Expose any device, costume or covering, which gives the
appearance of or simulates the genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, natal cleft,
perineum, anal region; or pubic hair region; or
c. Expose any portion of the female breast at or below the areola
thereof.
A person shall be deemed to be a waiter, waitress, or entertainer if such
person acts in that capacity without regard to whether or not such person is
paid any compensation by the management of the establishment in which the
activity is performed.
SECTION 3. EXPOSURE BY PERFORMERS IN PUBLIC (Repealed)
SECTION 4. COUNSELING OR ASSISTING. No person shall cause,
permit, procure, counsel or assist any person to expose or simulate exposure
as prohibited in Sections 2 and 3 of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. EXEMPTION OF THEATRICAL ESTABLISHMENTS. The
provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to a theater, concert hall, or similar
establishment which is primarily devoted to theatrical performances.
SECTION 6. PENALTY. A violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment in the county
jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Adopted: 543 05/14/1974 (Eff: 06/13/1974)
Amended: 543.1 Item 3.7 of 08/14/1984 (Eff: 09/13/1984)
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