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 Cocoa Beach
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 3. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

  § 3-11. Nudity on premises where alcoholic beverages are offered for sale.  

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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful for any person maintaining, owning or operating a commercial establishment located within the City of Cocoa Beach, Florida, at which alcoholic beverages are offered for consumption to the public on the premises, including any adjacent or nearby rooms thereto which are operated or conducted in conjunction therewith:

    (1)

    To suffer or permit any female person, while on the premises of said commercial establishment, to expose to the public view the areola or nipple of the female human breast.

    (2)

    To suffer or permit any female person, while on the premises of said commercial establishment, to employ any device or covering which is intended to give the appearance of or simulate such portions of the human female breast as described in subsection (a)(1).

    (3)

    To suffer or permit any person, while on the premises of said commercial establishment, to expose to public view his or her genitals, pubic area or anus.

    (4)

    To suffer or permit any person, while on the premises of said commercial establishment, to employ any device or covering which is intended to give the appearance of or simulate the genitals, pubic area or anus.

    (b)

    It shall be unlawful for any female person, while on the premises of a commercial establishment located within the City of Cocoa Beach, Florida, at which alcoholic beverages are offered for consumption to the public on the premises, including any adjacent or nearby rooms thereto which are operated or conducted in conjunction therewith; to expose to public view the areola or nipple of her breast or to employ any device or covering which is intended to give the appearance or simulate such areas of the female breast as described herein.

    (c)

    It shall be unlawful for any person, while on the premises of a commercial establishment located within the City of Cocoa Beach, Florida, at which alcoholic beverages are offered for consumption to the public on the premises, including any adjacent or nearby rooms thereto which are operated or conducted in conjunction therewith; to expose to public view his or her genitals, pubic area or anus, or to employ any device or covering which is intended to give the appearance of or simulate the genitals, pubic area or anus.

    (d)

    Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of an offense against the city, punishable as provided in section 1-8 of this Code of Ordinances.

    (Ord. No. 612, § 1, 12-6-1979; Ord. No. 762, § 1, 6-21-1984)

    Editor's note— Section 1 of Ord. No. 612, enacted Dec. 6, 1979, amended this Code by adding thereto § 3-11 as set forth above. It should be noted however, that § 3 of said ordinance, which did not specifically amend this Code, provided as follows:

    "Section 3. If the owner, operator, lessor, licensee, lessee, manager, employee, or any other person participating in the operation of a commercial establishment located within the City of Cocoa Beach at which alcoholic beverages are offered for sale for consumption on the premises shall be convicted of any of the offenses designated in Section 3-11(a) as set forth in Section 1 hereof, then the City Finance Director shall revoke the occupational license for said establishment after giving a reasonable notice thereof to the holder of said license and affording the holder an opportunity to be heard as to why the revocation should not be issued."

Cross reference

Exhibit or display of specified anatomical areas by workers in adult entertainment establishments prohibited when alcoholic beverages are on sale on the premises, §§ 2.5-32(d).