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The Snohomish County Council has passed an ordinance requiring that bikini barista stands with partially nude employees or sexually suggestive signs be licensed as adult entertainment.

The ordinance passed Wednesday requires employees and customers to be at least 18. Violators could be shut down as a public nuisance.  

Bikini Barista ControversyCBS NewsBikini clad baristas are causing a stir across Washington State, where some love the scantily clad coffee servers, but others have complained on moral ...  

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The Snohomish County Council has passed an ordinance requiring that bikini barista stands with partially nude employees or sexually suggestive signs be licensed as adult entertainment.  

CBS News (blog)Will Semi-Naked Bikini Baristas Be Forced to Put Their Clothes On in Wash. State?CBS News (blog)Lisa Caughron, 20, works at the Cowgirls Espresso location on Greenwood Ave. in Seattle. On Dec. 16, the Snohomish County Council voted unanimously to ...Semi naked baristas have panties in a twist: Bikini barista controversy may ...Examiner.comall 2 news articles »  

One local bikini-barista stand is right in noting that what you see isn't any different than what's on display at the beach. But this isn't the beach, it's a business and if you want to be taken seriously, there are other ways of ...  

A new espresso stand in Bellevue is stirring up some controversy as bikini baristas are under fire from a local citizens group.  

View full sizeView full sizeLet's see, what do we have in the Northwest Headlines grab bag this morning? A little Amanda Knox, a little itty-bitty-teeny-weenie barista bikini news. Yeah, that's about it.First, Amanda. The trail is almost over. At the...  

Not the end or the beginning, but the beginning of the end. A licensing ordinance would brand businesses adult entertainment if baristas bare too much flesh. The county also is considering a tougher version of its criminal law on lewd conduct. The new rules would apply to all businesses, not just the ones peddling cups of [...]  

The bikini stand that had many up in arms in Bellevue appears to have packed it in. The Knotty Bodies espresso stand located in the parking lot at the intersection of NE 8th and 164th is suddenly closed.  

EVERETT -- The Snohomish County Council plans to discuss two proposed laws today to deal with risque espresso stands that have some onlookers in...  

Call it a tale of two espresso stands.  

EVERETT -- A group of people fed up with the behavior of scantily clad women at bikini coffee stands -- and of the people who patronize...  

A bikini barista stand on the Eastside is vowing to keep serving despite protests from neighbors and action by the city.  

Though city officials said a bikini barista stand must close its drive-through, the stand is defying the orders.  

Apparently someone is thinking about the children.