Florida city repeals saggy pants ban

Florida city repeals saggy pants ban FILE - This May 8, 2009, file photo shows a man who declined to be identified, wearing saggy pants, as he dials a phone in Nashville, Tenn. After 13 years, a South Florida city has overturned a ban on “saggy pants” — bottoms that reveal the wearer's underwear. The Opa-locka City Commission voted Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, on a 4-1 vote to repeal both the original 2007 legislation and a 2013 ordinance that said women, not just men, could receive civil citations for wearing pants that exposed their undergarments. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey/AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk

OPA-LOCKA, Fla. — A Florida city recently repealed its 13-year ban against saggy pants.

The Opa-locka City Commission voted at a Wednesday meeting to repeal a 2007 resolution and a 2013 ordinance that gave authorities the ability to cite men or women for wearing clothing that exposed their underwear.

“I was never in support of it, even as a resident,” Vice Mayor Chris Davis, who sponsored the repeal, told the Miami Herald. “I felt it disproportionately affected a certain segment of our population, which is young, African-American men.”

The vote to repeal the ban will have to be approved one more time before it’s official. The repeal was initially approved by a 4-1 vote.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.