Florida Town Bans Baggy Pants

Florida's Riviera Beach has voted to ban baggy pants.

The ordinance was passed by an overwhelming majority Monday.

More than 70 percent voted for the new.

"Grown people, adult, kids, got everybody doing it. It's time for it to be cleaned up," said one resident.

Under the new ordinance, anyone caught in public with pants hanging below the waist, exposing underwear or skin, would be a lawbreaker.

"They're given a community sanction. No record, no fine, no court. We're doing everything we can to treat this with dignity even in the enforcement," explained Mayor Thomas Master.

Still, the American Civil Liberties Union worries the law leaves too much room for discrimination in the enforcement.

Worse, they say, it would violate the Constitution.

The mayor feels, the so-called 'pull up your pants' law will hold up in court.

"I believe a city has a constitutional right to define what is indecent exposure in their city. This is Riviera Beach! This is our city!," he said.

The ACLU counters that saying they are confidant that a judge will keep the newly approved ordinance from going into affect in here Riviera Beach.