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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2001-59 Alcohol/Nudity ORDINANCE NO. 2001-59 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING CITY CODE SECTION 3-10, MAKING IT UNLAWFUL WITHIN THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS FOR ANY MANAGER, OFFICER, AGENT, SERVANT, EMPLOYEE, CONTRACTOR, PERSON IN CHARGE, CUSTOMER, OR INVITEE OF ANY PREMISES OR BOTTLE CLUB LICENSED UNDER THE LAWS OF FLORIDA TO SELL OR ALLOW THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY, OR RECKLESSLY EXHIBIT, SUFFER, ALLOW, PERMIT, ENGAGE IN, PARTICIPATE IN, OR BE CONNECTED WITH NUDITY UPON THE LICENSED PREMISES; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS FOR THE TERMS "BREAST", "BUTTOCKS", "PERSON", AND "NUDITY" OR "NUDE" WHICH SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS THOSE TERMS ARE ALSO DEFINED IN SECTION 3 OF THE PUBLIC DECENCY ORDINANCE OF SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDING LIMITED EXCEPTIONS STATED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENAL TIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, called and scheduled a referendum election that was held concurrent with the general election on the 2nd day of November, 1999; and WHEREAS, the referendum election presented the following non-binding question to the electorate of the City of Winter Springs, Florida; Shall the City of Winter Springs enact legislation that prohibits a person from publicly appearing nude in any establishment that is licensed by the State of Florida to permit the sale, service, or consumption of alcoholic beverages? Yes No WHEREAS, the electors of Winter Springs had an opportunity to cast their vote on the aforementioned question at the ballot box and by absentee ballot; and City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2001-59 Page 1 of 8 WHEREAS, the Seminole County Canvassing Board has certified the election results on the aforementioned question to the City of Winter Springs; and WHEREAS, City Commission of the City of Winter Springs has affirmed and approved the certified results on the aforementioned question for the City of Winter Springs; and WHEREAS, the certified election results indicate that 1,751 voters (73.45%) voted "yes" to enacting legislation prohibiting a person from publicly appearing nude in any establishment that is licensed by the State of Florida to permit the sale, service, or consumption of alcoholic beverages, which 633 (26.55%) voted "no" to enacting such legislation; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, finds and declares that the certified election results of the aforementioned referendum establish a community standard within the City of Winter Springs that prohibits a person from publicly appearing nude in any establishment that is licensed by the State of Florida to permit the sale, service, or consumption of alcoholic beverage on the licensed premises; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, desires to enact legislation that codifies this community standard into the City of Winter Springs Code of Ordinances; and WHEREAS, the City Commission has reviewed and considered, among other evidence and information, the following studies: Alcohol and Human Sexuality: Review and Integration, Leif C. Crowe and William H. George, Psychological Bulletin, 1989; Alcohol and Hypermasculinity as Determinants of Men's Empathic Responses to Violent Pornography, Jeanette Norris, William H. George, Kelly Cue Davis, Joel Martell, R. Jacob Leonesio; Journal of Int'l Violence, 1999; Alcohol Expectancies and Sexuality: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Analysis of Dyadic Perceptions and Behavior, William H. George, Ph.D. and Susan A. Stoner, B.A., Jeanette Norris, Ph.D., Peter A. Lopez, Ph.D. and Gail L. Lehman, Ph.D., Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1998; The Effect of Alcohol and Anger on Interest in Violence, Erotica & Deviance, William H. George and G. Alan Marlatt, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1986; Report of the Attorney General's Working Group on the Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses, State of Minnesota, 1989; City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2001-59 Page 2 of 8 Perception of Post drinking Female Sexuality: Effects of Gender, Beverage Choice, and Drink Payment, William H. George, Susan J. Gournic, and Marry P. McAfee, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1988; Postdrinking Sexual Inferences: Evidence of Linear Rather than Curvilinear Dosage Effects, William H. George, Gail L. Lehman, Kelly L. Cue, Lorraine J. Martinez, Peter A. Lopez, and Jeanette Norris, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1997; Self-Reported Alcohol Expectancies and Postdrinking Sexual Inferences About Women, William H. George, Kelly L. Cue, Peter A. Lopez, Lief C. Crowe, and Jeanette Norris, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1995; Self-Reported Alcohol Expectancies for Self and Other as a Function of Behavior Type and Dosage Set; William H. George and Kurt H. Dermen, Journal of Substance Abuse, 1988; WHEREAS, the City Commission has also reviewed and considered the studies, reports, case law, and statistics presented to the City Commission on September 24,2001, as Informational Agenda Item E; and WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, also finds and declares that nudity, coupled with alcohol in public places, encourages undesirable behavior and is not in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Winter Springs; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, has chosen to avoid the disturbances associated with mixing alcohol and nudity by means of a reasonable restriction upon any premises or bottle club licensed under the laws of Florida to sell or allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 562.45, Florida Statutes (2001) and Article VIII, Section 2 of the Florida Constitution, the City of Winter Springs has the power and right to enact ordinances regulating the type of entertainment and conduct permitted in any establishment licensed by the State of Florida to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the licensed premises or any bottle club which is located within the City of Winter Springs, see City of Miami Springs v. J.J.T., Inc., 437 So.2d 200 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1983); Board of County Commissioners of Lee County v. Dexterhouse, 348 So.2d 916 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977), affirmed 364 So.2d449, appeal dismissed 441 U.S. 918 (1979); and WHEREAS, as of the effective date of the Seminole County Public Decency Ordinance, that Ordinance has been applicable county-wide (including within the City of Winter Springs) and is generally intended to prohibit a person from intentionally or recklessly appearing or being nude or City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2001-59 Page 3 of 8 causing another person to appear or be nude in a public place and in other places which may reasonably be expected to be observed by the public within Seminole County; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, hereby finds and declares that this Ordinance is in addition and supplemental to the Seminole County Public Decency Ordinance and the City of Winter Springs Adult Entertainment Code and that this Ordinance is intended to be in harmony with the Seminole County Public Decency Ordinance and the City of Winter Springs Adult Entertainment Code; and WHEREAS, with respect to bona fide live communications, demonstrations, or performances ("Performances") containing nudity and falling within the exemption under the Seminole County Public Decency Ordinance, it is the legislative intent of the City Commission that this Ordinance can be harmonized with the Public Decency Ordinance and to that end, said Performances are prohibited at licensed beverage establishments and permitted at non-licensed beverage establishments located within the City of Winter Springs; and WHEREAS, the City Commission ofthe City of Winter Springs, Florida, finds and declares that this Ordinance shall not be construed as opting the City of Winter Springs out of the Seminole County Public Decency Ordinance; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance is a general ordinance regulating conduct and is not an ordinance that affects the use of land as contemplated by Section 166.041, Florida Statutes (2001); and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, finds that this Ordinance is supported by federal and state case law, see e.g., California v. La Rue, 409 U.S. 109 (1972); 44 Liquormart Inc. v. Rhode Island, _ U.S. _, 116 S.Ct. 1495 (1996); Sammy's of Mobile, Ltd, v. City of Mobile, 140 F.3d 993 (11 th Cir. 1998); City of Daytona Beach v. Del Percio, 476 So.2d 197 (Fla. 1985); and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs deems that this Ordinance is in the best interests of the public health, safety, welfare, and morals of the citizens of the City of Winter Springs, Florida. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Sec. 3-10 Adopted. The City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, hereby adopts a new Section 3-10 of the Winter Springs Code of Ordinances, to fully read as follows: City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2001-59 Page 4 of 8 CHAPTER 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SEe. 3-10 Nudity Prohibited Upon Alcohol Licensed Premises and Bottle Clubs. (a) Definitions. When used in this section the following terms shall have the following meanings which are intended to have the same meanings as those same terms are defined in Section 3 of the Public Decency Ordinance of Seminole County, Florida, as follows: (1) "Breast" shall mean a portion of the human female mammary gland (commonly referred to as the female breast) including the nipple and the areola (the darker colored area of the breast surrounding the nipple) and an outside area of such gland wherein such outside area is: (i) reasonably compact and contiguous to the areola, and (ii) contains at least the nipple and the areola and 1/4 of the outside surface area of such gland. (2) "Buttocks" shall mean (for a short general description see the last sentence of this subsection) the area at the rear of the human body (sometimes referred to as the gluteus maximus) which lies between two imaginary straight lines running parallel to the ground when a person is standing, the first or top of such line being 1/2 inch below the top of the vertical cleavage of the nates (i.e., the prominence formed by the muscles running from the back of the hip to the back of the leg) and the second or bottom of such line being 1/2 inch above the lowest point of the curvature of the fleshy protuberance (sometimes referred to as the gluteal fold), and between two imaginary straight lines, one on each side of the body (the "outside lines"), which outside lines are perpendicular to the ground and to the horizontal lines described above and which perpendicular outside lines pass through the outermost point(s) at which each nate meets the other side of each leg. Notwithstanding the above, buttocks shall not include the leg, the hamstring muscle below the gluteal fold, the tensor fasciae latae muscle or any of the above-described portion of the human body that is between either: (i) the left inside perpendicular line and the left outside perpendicular line, or (ii) the right inside perpendicular line and the right outside perpendicular line. For the purpose of the previous sentence the left inside perpendicular line shall be an imaginary straight line ofthe left side of the anus: (i) that is perpendicular to the ground and to the horizontal lines described above, and (ii) that is 1/3 of the distance from the anus to the left outside line; and the right inside perpendicular line shall be an imaginary straight line on the right side of the anus: (i) that is perpendicular to the ground and to the horizontal lines described above, and (ii) that is 1/3 of the distance from the anus to the right outside line. (The City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2001-59 Page 5 of 8 above description can generally be described as covering 1/3 of the buttocks centered over the cleavage for the length of the cleavage). (3) "Nudity" or "Nude" shall be used interchangably and shall mean any person insufficiently clothed in any manner so that any of the following body parts are not entirely covered with a fully opaque covering: 1. the male or female genitals, or 11. the pubic area, or 111. the vulva, or IV. the penis, or v. the female breast (each female person may determine which 1/4 of her breast surface area (see definition of breast) contiguous to and containing the nipple and the areola is to be covered), or VI. the anus, or V11. the anal cleft, or Vl11. the anal cleavage, or IX. the buttocks. Attire which is insufficient to comply with this requirement includes, but is not limited to, G-strings, T -backs, dental floss and thongs. For purposes of this subsection (3), body paint, body dyes, tattoos, liquid latex whether wet or dried, string and dental floss and other substances shall not be considered "opaque covering". (4) "Person" shall mean any live human being. (b) Prohibition. It shall be unlawful within the City of Winter Springs for any manager, officer, agent, servant, employee, contractor, person in charge, customer, or invitee of any premises or bottle club licensed under the laws of the State of Florida to sell or allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly exhibit, suffer, allow, permit, engage in, participate in, or be connected with nudity upon the licensed premises. The combination of nudity and alcoholic City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2001-59 Page 6 of 8 beverages at any premises or bottle club licensed under the laws of the State of Florida to allow the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages within the City of Winter Springs is hereby strictly prohibited. (c) Exceptions. It is not a violation of this section for any person to engage in the ordinary an customary bona fide use of an enclosed single sex public restroom, enclosed single sex functional shower, or enclosed single sex locker and/or dressing room facilities. It is also not a violation of this section for a mother to breast feed or change the clothing of her baby. (d) Enforcement and Penalties. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be prosecuted in the same manner as misdemeanors are prosecuted. Such violations shall be prosecuted in the name of the State of Florida in a court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors by the prosecuting attorney thereof and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred and NoI100 Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County jail not to exceed sixty (60) days or by both such fine and imprisonment as provided in Section 162.22, Florida Statutes (2001), as may be amended from time to time. Each incident or separate occurrence of any act that violates this section shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition to the penalties provided under this section, violators of this section shall be subject to any other appropriate civil or criminal action provided by law in a court of competent jurisdiction. Section 2. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All prior inconsistent ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Commission, or parts of prior ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict. Section 3. Incorporation Into Code. This ordinance shall be incorporated into the Winter Springs City Code and any section or paragraph number or letter and any heading may be changed or modified as necessary to effectuate the foregoing. Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or any other reason, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida. City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2001-59 Page 7 of 8 ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a regular meeting assembled on the 10th day of December ,2001. PAUL P. PARTYKA Mayor ATTEST: ANDREA LORENZO-LUACES City Clerk Approved as to legal form and sufficiency for the City Winter Springs only Anthony A. Garganese, City Attorney First Reading: November 26, 2001 Second Reading: December 10, 2001 Effective Date: December 10, 2001 F:\docs\City of Winter Springs\Adult Entertainment\Alcohol & Nudity Ordinance #2001-59 City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2001-59 Page 8 of 8 ADOPTION. OF SECTlON 3-10, WINTER SPRINGS CODE OF ORDINANCES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- EN THAT THE CITY COM- MISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEAR. ING FOR THE SECOND READING ON PROPOSED ORDINANCE 2001-59 TO CONSI DER ADOPTI NG SECTION 3-10 OF THE CITY CODE. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PRO- POSED ORDINANCE WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 10, 2001 AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE WINTER SPRINGS CITY HALL. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COM- MISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS,. FLORIDA, ADOPTING CITY CODE SECTION 3.10, MAKING IT UNLAWFUL WITHIN THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS FOR ANY MANAGER, OFFICER, OR AGENT, SERVANT. EMPLOYEE, CONTRAC. TOR, PERSON IN CHARGE, CUS. TOMER, OR INVITEE OF ANY PREMISES OR BOTTLE CLUB LI- CENSED UNDER THE LAWS OF FLORIDA TO SELL OR ALLOW THE CONSUMPTIDN OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO KNOWINGLY, IN- TENTIONALLY, OR RECKLESSLY EX. HIBIT, SUFFER, ALLOW, PERMIT, ENGAGE IN, PARTICIPATE IN, , DR BE CONNECTED WITH NUDITY up. ON THE LICENSED PREMISES; PROVIDING DEFINITIDNS FDR THE TERMS 'BREAST", "BUTTOCKS", "PERSON", AND "NUDITY" OR "NUDF' WHICH SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS THOSE TERMS ARE ALSO DEFINED IN SECTIDN 3 OF THE PUBLIC DECEN- CY ORDINANCE OF SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDING LIMITED EXCEPTIONS STATED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCE. MENT AND PENALTlES FOR VIOLA TlONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; PRO. VIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE; AND PROVIDING , FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SECOND READING OF PROPOSED ORDI- NANCE 2001-59 WILL 'TAKE PLACE AT THE CITY COMMISSION CHAM- BERS IN CITY HALL AT 1126 EAST STATE ROAD 434, WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY ATTEND AND BE HEARD. ADDITIONAL. INFORMA- TION PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE MAY BE OB- TAINED FROM THE OF- FICE OF THE CITY CLERK AT CITY HALL, 1126 EAST STATE ROAD 434, WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA. FOR MORE IN- FORMATION CALL 327- 1800, EXT, # 227. PERSONS WITH DISABILI- TIES NEEDING ASSIS- TANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PRO- CEEDINGS SHOULD CON- TACT THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPART- MENT COORDINATOR 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETI NG AT (407) 327-1 8OO. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEAR- ING, IF YOU DECIDE TO APPEAL ANY DECISION OR RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE CITY COM- MISSION WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CON- SIDERED AT THIS MEET- ING, YOU WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PRO- CEEDINGS, AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSES, YOU MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RE- CORD OF THE PROCEED INGS IS MADE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. ANDREA LORENZO- LUACES CITY CLERK COR4209362 11130/01 Published Daily STATE OF FLORIDA 5.5. COUNTY OF ORANGE Before the undersigned authority personally appeared Linda Bridgewater , who on oath says that he/she is the Legal Advertising Representative of Orlando Sentinel, a dally newspaper published at ORLANDO in ORANGE County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a ADOPTION OF SECTI in the matter of ORD. 2001-59 in the Orange court was published in said newspaper in the issue of 11/30/01 Affiant further says that the said Orlando Sentinel is a newspaper published at ORLANDO in said ORANGE County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said ORANGE County, Florida, each Week Day and has been entered as second-class mail matter at the post office in ORLANDO in said ORANGE County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he/she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper. Linda Bridgewater The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me Nov , 2001, by Linda Bridgewater who is personally known to me and who did take an oath. (SEAL) DEBORAH M. TONEY My comm exp 11/18/2005