A new ordinance passed in the city of Everett this week puts limits on how much skin so-called bikini baristas can show. The new rules basically take the bikini out of bikini barista coffee stands.

The ordinance requires owners of quick service facilities — like fast food outlets, food trucks and coffee stands — to enforce dress requirements. It calls out the breasts, torso, buttocks and top three inches of the legs (below the buttocks) as body areas that must be covered.

Ramsey Ramerman, assistant city attorney in Everett, said this isn't about people being offended by bikinis. He said the legislation was born out of a proliferation of crimes around some bikini barista stands.

"Gross, inappropriate sexual conduct, and it was multiple owners, dozens and dozens of baristas — it was significant criminal conduct. And then we saw women forced into this type of conduct as well, and that is the problem we're trying to deal with," Ramerman said.

The ordinance states that the city has “found evidence relating to the adverse impacts of the conduct of bikini barista stands. This evidence relates to barista stands with employees dressing in a manner that is closely and customarily associated with adult entertainment or adult situations. Further, this evidence indicates that businesses providing casual food services including such things as fast food restaurants, delis, food trucks and coffee stands (quick service facilities) might easily transition to the bikini barista stand model.”