[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Township of Paw Paw as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-9-2002 by Ord. No. 240-A]
The purpose of this article is to protect and secure the public health, safety, and general welfare of persons and property by prohibiting public nudity within the Township of Paw Paw, Michigan.
(a) 
As used herein "public nudity" is hereby defined as knowingly or intentionally displaying in a public place, or for payment or promise of payment by any person, including but not limited to payment or promise of payment of an admission fee of any individual's genitals, buttocks or anus with less than a fully opaque covering or a female individual's breast with less than a fully opaque covering of the nipple and areola. Public nudity does not include any of the following:
(1) 
A woman's breastfeeding of a baby whether or not the nipple or areola is exposed during or incidental to the feeding.
(2) 
Material as defined in § 2 of 1984 PA 343, MCL 752.362.
(3) 
Sexually explicit visual material as defined in § 3 of 1978 PA 33, MCL 722.673.
No person shall engage in public nudity. No business establishment, including, but not limited to, owners, officers, or persons in charge of, or in control of premises, shall permit any person or persons to engage in public nudity.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $500 plus court costs and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both, at the discretion of the court. Each day that a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense. The Township may in addition seek injunctive relief.