Topeka will consider banning public nudity

TOPEKA – The Topeka City Council is set to consider a ban on nudity in public places after a nude man strolled down city streets last week.

Councilwoman Michelle De La Isla requested the proposal be placed on the Sept. 9 agenda.

The Topeka Police Department and the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Department say the act is legal.

State law only prohibits public nudity “in the context of sexual arousal.”

De La Isla says she received calls from worried constituents. She says no one wants their kids “exposed to naked people.”

This story was originally published September 2, 2014 at 6:59 AM with the headline "Topeka will consider banning public nudity."