Fort Collins City Council Declines To Strip Down Public Nudity Rules
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) - Fort Collins decided not to strip down its rules on public nudity Tuesday evening.
The city council considered whether women going topless should be allowed in city limits.
The city council decided to keep the city's policy against women going topless, but decided to add an exception for breastfeeding mothers.
The council clarified the public nudity law to say women must be covered from the nipples down.
Any nudity from the waist down by any person over the age of 10 was never allowed. There is an exception for medical emergencies and changing areas.
Supporters of letting women go topless said it's about gender equality.
"We want to have topless equality in Fort Collins, so this way we can let women have … and the LGBTQIA community have the autonomy that men have any other day," said Brittiany Hoagland, who supports toplessness.
Fort Collins conducted a poll to find out how residents felt about the proposals. It found 60 percent of people were in support of keeping the ordinance as-is. Forty percent supported allowing women to be topless.