Ordinance No. 72-62 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBI`L'IIIG SEXUAL TOUCHING FOR A FEE, PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES, FIXING EFFECTIVE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council of the City of Tigard, Oregon, finds
that sexual touching for a fee as hereinafter defined,
encourages personal depravity, iiciu„ales a';ainst public morality and
constitutes a public nuisance and such behavior Is inimical to the
peace, health, safety and welfare of the people of the City of Tireard,
In adopting this ordinance, it is the intent and purpose
to carry out the legislative policy of the City of Tigard to prohibit
such behavior. The provisions of this ordinance shall be liberally
construed to accomplish that purpose.
Section 2: Definition.
For the purpose of this ordinance, words in the present
tense include the future., the sin_rular number includes the plural
and the plural number includes the sincular, the word "shall” is
mandatory and not directory, the masculine Sender includes the
feminine and neuter and the term "this ordinance" shall be deemed to
include the text of this ordinance and all amendments hereafter made
thereto. As used in this ordinance, unless the context requires
otheiriise, the following words and their derivations shall be utilized:
1. "PRIVATE PARTS" means the genital org ns or the
external genital procreative organs of a male or
female human being.
2. `SEXUAL TOUCHING'? means any touching of the private
parts of one person by another person or causing one
person to touch the sexual or other intimate parts of
another for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the
sexual desire of either party.
3. "FEE" means any recompense, reward, compensation or
item of monetary value €,iven, promised or paid to
another person in consideration of an act or acts
of sexual touching performed or to be performed.
Section 3:(a)No person shall off6r to pay, pay, or receive a fee
as herein defined, directly or indirectly in considera-
tion of an act or acts of sexual touching performed or to be per
formed with respect to another person.
(b) No person who manages or controls any place of business
or commercial activity shall cause or permit any agent, employee, or
other parson under his control or supervision to participate in con-
duct prohibited by subsection (a) of this section.
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(c) No person shall solicit, employ or engage another, or
confederate with another to violate subsection (a) of this section.
Section 4; Penalties.
A. Violation of any subsection of Section 3 of this
ordinance shell be punishable, upon conviction, by
a fine not to exceed $500.00, or by imprisonment in
the County Jail for a period not to exceed six months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Each violation of any subsection of Section 3 of this
ordinance shall constitute a separate offense and each
day that any person violates any subsection of Section
3 of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 5: Inasmuch as it is necessary for the peace, health and
safety of the people of the City of Tigard that immediate
action be taken to prohibit the acts and oonuuct by this ordinance
prohibited with the least possible delay, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this ordinance shall become effective upon
its passage by the Council and approval by the Mayor.
PASSED: By the Council, by unanimous vote of all Council
members Present, after being read three times by
number and title only, this day of October, 1972•
Fecoraer - City of gard
APPROVED; By the Mayor, this day�of October, 1972
May r - City of Tigard
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