The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board voted Wednesday to allow anyone to go topless in the city's parks without being ticketed.
Under city and state law, it's legal for anyone to be topless in public. But a Minneapolis park ordinance continued to make bared "female breasts" in city parks and parkways grounds for an indecent exposure citation.
That language has come under criticism.
The current ordinance says that no one 10 or older "shall intentionally expose his or her own genitals, pubic area, buttocks or female breast below the top of the areola, with less than a fully opaque covering, in or upon any park or parkway." Wednesday's vote repealed the part related to breasts.
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More From Star Tribune
More From Local
High Schools
Perfection comes with a reward for 3 teams in baseball Metro Top 10
No. 1 Wayzata and No. 2 Farmington are the last two unbeaten teams in Class 4A. No. 9 Benilde-St. Margaret's, a 3A team, also hasn't lost.
Politics
DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell returns to Capitol after burglary charge, casts votes amid criticism
Mitchell cast deciding votes on Monday against Republican-led motions that would have prohibited her from voting.
Minneapolis
Police now say all 5 women have so far survived rollover of SUV exiting I-94 in Minneapolis
Alcohol is a suspected factor in the crash, according to police.
Local
Brooks: Kristi Noem's tale of killing her dog backfires
Noem shoots, Noem scores few fans for her approach to dog training.
Local
Defense attorneys in first Feeding Our Future trial say defendants served 'real food'
Prosecutors and three defense attorneys gave opening statements Monday morning. Four more defense attorneys will give theirs Monday afternoon.