[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Mount
Holly 12-28-1989 by Ord. No. 1989-21. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Having less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals,
pubic region or buttocks. For the purposes of this chapter, an individual
shall also be considered "bottomless" if he or she is wearing apparel colloquially
known as a "G-string."
To show oneself in any capacity, whether while employed in the performance
of work or entertainment or whether simply at leisure or otherwise.
Having the human female breasts less than completely and opaquely
covered below a point immediately above the top of the areola. For the purposes
of this chapter, an individual shall also be considered "topless" if she is
wearing apparel colloquially known as "pasties."
The Township Council of the Township of Mount Holly has given due consideration
to the character of the Township as a whole and makes the following findings:
A.
Mount Holly Township is a small, completely developed
and to a great extent a bedroom community. The commercial areas of the community
are not isolated from the residential areas and are limited in size, location
and space, with commercial activities designed to serve the needs of residential
customers rather than transient traffic. Said commercial areas are in relatively
close proximity to the primary and secondary schools, child-care centers,
the churches in the Township and the other community-oriented activities within
the Township. Also, the commercial establishments are generally related to
retail sales of goods and services for a residential community rather than
being entertainment oriented.
B.
There is no isolated area of the Township where certain
types of dancing, entertainment or exhibitions regulated by this chapter would
be appropriate. The commercial establishments in the Township in many cases
provide second-floor rental housing for residents and families of the Township,
and vehicular traffic in the commercial areas is related to travel by the
residents of the community rather than transient vehicular traffic through
the community. Pedestrian traffic using the sidewalks in the commercial areas
of the Township is for the most part made up of residents of the Township,
including substantial numbers of primary and secondary school children going
to and from a school, as well as shoppers at the retail commercial establishments.
C.
Accordingly, the Township Council of the Township of
Mount Holly is of the opinion that certain types of dancing, entertainment
or exhibitions at commercial establishments in the Township would be totally
out of character with the existing residential, commercial, educational and
community-oriented nature of the Township and would thus be detrimental to
the economic well-being of the Township as a whole and to the continued refurbishing
and improvement to downtown Mount Holly and other commercial zones within
the Township.
D.
Moreover, the Township Council is further of the opinion
that the performance of certain types of dancing, entertainment or exhibitions
in commercial establishments would have a direct harmful impact upon the health,
safety and welfare of not only the adult residents of the Township but in
particular the children traversing the commercial zones within the Township
on the way to and from school and should be regulated as hereinafter set forth.
It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or association of persons
of any kind to permit or employ a person in any place open to the public or
to which the public is invited, within the limits of the Township of Mount
Holly, to perform the following:
It shall be unlawful for any female person to exhibit herself topless
or bottomless within the limits of the Township of Mount Holly in any public
place or any place open to the public or to which the public is invited.
It shall be unlawful for any male person to exhibit himself bottomless
within the limits of the Township of Mount Holly in any public place or any
place open to the public or to which the public is invited.
A person, corporation or association of persons convicted of violating
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to
a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for not
more than 90 days, or both.
