[Ord. No. 2667 § 1, 4-3-2017]
As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
DEVIATE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
Any sexual act involving the genitals of one (1) person and
the mouth, hand, tongue or anus of another person; or any act involving
the penetration, however slight, of the penis, the female genitalia,
or the anus by a finger, instrument, or object done for the purpose
of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person or for the
purpose of terrorizing any person.
SEXUAL CONTACT
Any touching, by another person with the genitals or any
touching of the genitals, or anus of another person or the breast
of a female person, or touching through the clothing done for the
purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire of any person or for
the purpose of terrorizing the victim.
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
Any penetration, however slight, of the female genitalia
by the penis, whether or not an emission results.
SOMETHING OF VALUE
Money or property or any token, object or article exchangeable
for money or property.
[Ord. No. 2667 § 1, 4-3-2017]
A person commits the offense of prostitution if the person engages
in or offers or agrees to engage in sexual contact with another person
in return for something of value to be received by any person.
[Ord. No. 2667 § 1, 4-3-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of patronizing prostitution if he/she,
pursuant to prior understanding, gives something of value to another
person for having engaged in sexual contact with any person, or gives
or agrees to give something of value to another person with the understanding
that such person or another person will engage in sexual contact with
any person, or solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual
contact with any person in return for something of value.
B. It shall not be an affirmative defense that the defendant believed
that the person he/she patronized for prostitution was eighteen (18)
years of age or older.
[R.O. 2009 §215.270; Ord. No. 1613 §1, 4-17-1995]
A. A person
who knowingly or intentionally, in a public place, to include, but
not be limited to, indoor and outdoor entertainment establishments,
restaurants, theaters, bars, book stores, and places of public accommodation
where one or more other persons is present:
1. Engages in sexual intercourse;
2. Engages in deviate sexual conduct;
3. Appears in a state of nudity; or
4. Fondles the genitals of himself/herself or another person commits
the unlawful act of public indecency and is subject to punishment
pursuant to the Higginsville Code of Ordinance.
B. Nudity means the showing of the human male or female genitals,
pubic area, or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, the
showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering
of any part of the nipple or areola, or the showing of the covered
male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.
[R.O. 2009 §215.280; Ord. No. 2667 § 1, 4-3-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of public display of explicit sexual
material if he/she recklessly:
1.
Exposes, places, exhibits, or in any fashion, displays explicit
sexual material in any location, whether public or private, and in
such a manner that it may be readily seen and its content and character
distinguished by normal unaided vision as viewed from a street, highway,
public sidewalk, or the property of others, or from any portion of
the person's store, the exhibitor's store or property when items and
material other than this material are offered for sale or rent to
the public; or
2.
Fails to take prompt action to remove such a display from property
in his/her possession after learning of its existence.
B. Public display of explicit sexual material is an ordinance violation.
C. For purposes of this Section, each day there is a violation of this
Section shall constitute a separate offense.
[R.O. 2009 §215.320; CC 1976 §18-29; Ord. No. 380 §1, 6-5-1967]
No person shall look, peer, peep into, or be found loitering
around or within view of any window of a building used for dwelling
purposes, not on his/her own property, with the intent of watching
or looking through such window so as to invade the privacy of the
occupants of said building, without the consent of the owner or occupant
thereof.