ORDINANCE NO. __________

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Oxford, Alabama as follows:
SECTION ONE:

Purpose:

An Ordinance regulating the utilization of

multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facilities in places of public accommodation
within the City of Oxford, Alabama and its police jurisdiction. The City Council finds that
its citizens have a right to quite solicitude and to be secure from embarrassment and
unwanted intrusion into their privacy while utilizing multiple occupancy bathroom or
changing facilities by members of the opposite biological sex. The City Council asserts
that there is a long standing history of restricting access to single sex public facilities on
the basis of sex and that users of multiple occupancy bathrooms or changing facilities
do not reasonably expect to be exposed to individuals of the opposite sex while utilizing
those facilities. The Council further asserts that single sex public facilities are places of
increased venerability and present the potential for crimes against individuals utilizing
those facilities which may include, but not limited to, voyeurism, exhibitionism,
molestation and assault and battery.
SECTION TWO:

For the purposes of this Ordinance the following definitions

apply:
1.

Biological Sex- Is the physical condition of being male or female, which is

stated on a person’s birth certificate.
2.

Places of Public Accommodation shall mean any business or location

open for utilization by members of the general public.
3.

Multiple Occupancy or Changing Facility- A facility designated or

designated to be used by more than one (1) person at a time where persons may be in
various stages of undress in the presence of other persons. A multiple occupancy
bathroom and changing facility may include, but is not limited to, a restroom, locker
room, changing room or shower room.
SECTION THREE: Improper Utilization of Multiple Occupancy Bathrooms
or Changing Facilities:

It shall be unlawful for a person to utilize a multiple

occupancy or changing facility in a place of public accommodation within the police

 jurisdiction of the City where such multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility has
been designated for use by the opposite biological sex of the person.
SECTION FOUR:

Exceptions Section Three does not apply to persons

entering a multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility designated for use by the
opposite sex under the following circumstances:
a.

An adult accompany a minor child under the age of twelve (12);

b.

For custodial purposes;

c.

For maintenance or inspection purposes;

d.

To render emergency medical aid or assistance;

e.

To accompany a person needing assistance who is physically

handicapped and unable to transverse the facility without aid or assistance;
f.

Any facility that has been temporarily designated for use by that person’s

biological sex.
SECTION FIVE:

Penalty of Violations:

Any person violating any

provision of this Ordinance as enumerated herein shall be deemed as a separate
offense for each such act and upon conviction, shall be punished by fine not to exceed
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or incarceration not to exceed six (6) months.
SECTION SIX:

This Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage by

the Council and publication as required by law.

APPROVED and ADOPTED this _______ day of _________, 2016.

CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OXFORD, ALABAMA

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Leon Smith, Mayor
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Steven Waits, Council President
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Councilpersons
ATTEST:

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CITY CLERK

CERTIFICATION OF ADOPTION
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance was duly adopted by the Oxford City
Council in regular session assembled on the _______ day of ________________, 2016,
and is recorded in the official minutes of the Oxford City Council.
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Shirley Henson, City Clerk

CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Shirley Henson, City Clerk for the City of Oxford, Alabama, do hereby certify this
Ordinance was posted in three public places within the City and at Oxford City Hall
beginning on the _______ day of _________________, 2016, as in accordance with the
provisions of Code of Alabama, 1975, Section 11-45-8.

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Shirley Henson, City Clerk