Turns out Portland city code does include a dress code of sorts. As in, you've got to be dressed.

A 25-year old man who was naked and playing a violin outside the federal courthouse in downtown Portland was arrested Friday afternoon on accusations of indecent exposure.

Matthew Thomas Mglej was taken into custody, after he failed to heed warnings from several officers, a sergeant and a lieutenant, Portland Police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said in a press release. Mglej may not be the man's true name, he said.

Matthew Thomas Mglej

Mglej had been outside the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse at Southwest 3rd and Southwest Salmon Street, generating several complaints, police said. In addition to playing the violin, he also wrote out a sign while sitting on the sidewalk.

After being told several times that his nakedness violated city code, he was arrested. Because he would not walk on his own power, police officers carried him and put him in a vehicle for the ride to jail.

According to the press release, city code declares it "unlawful for any person to expose his or her genitalia while in a public place or place visible from a public place, if the public place is open or available to persons of the opposite sex."

-- Helen Jung