[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Vernon 4-8-1996
as L.L. No. 2-1996. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A person is guilty of exposure if he or she appears in a public place
in such a manner that the private or intimate parts of his or her body are
unclothed or exposed. For purposes of this section, the private or intimate
parts of a female person shall include that portion of the breast which is
below the top of the areola. This section shall not apply to the breast-feeding
of infants. This section does prohibit the exposure of a person as herein
defined in any public place, at any time, whether or not such person is entertaining
or performing in a play, exhibition, show or entertainment. Violation of this
section constitutes the violation of "exposure of a person" and is a violation
and punishable by fine or imprisonment in the same fashion as violations may
be punished by fine or imprisonment under the Penal Law of the State of New
York, namely to pay an amount fixed by the court not exceeding $250, or a
sentence of imprisonment with the term to be fixed by the court not exceeding
15 days. This section is enacted pursuant to the provisions of § 245.01
of the Penal Law of the State of New York, which expressly authorized towns
to enact local laws prohibiting such exposure.
A person is guilty of promoting the exposure of a person when he or
she knowingly conducts, maintains, owns, manages, operates or furnishes any
public premises or place where a person in a public place appears in such
a manner that the private or intimate parts of his or her body are unclothed
or exposed. For the purposes of this section, the private or intimate parts
of a female person shall include that portion of the breast which is below
the top of the areola. This section shall not apply to the breast-feeding
of infants. This section shall prohibit the exposure of any person as herein
defined in a public place, at any time, whether or not such person is entertaining
or performing in a play, exhibition, show or entertainment. Violation of this
section constitutes the violation of "promoting the exposure of a person"
and is a violation and punishable by fine or imprisonment in the same fashion
as violations may be punished by fine or imprisonment under the Penal Law
of the State of New York, namely to pay an amount fixed by the court not exceeding
$250, or a sentence of imprisonment with the term to be fixed by the court
not exceeding 15 days. This section is enacted pursuant to the provisions
of § 245.02 of the Penal Law of the State of New York, which expressly
authorizes towns to enact local laws prohibiting the promoting of such exposure.
