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A young man wears saggy pants earlier this month on the Wildwood boardwalk earlier this year. No one was ticketed on the first weekend in which pants more than three inches below the waist were outlawed.

(Associated Press file photo)

WILDWOOD — A Cape May County beach town has yet to write a ticket for anyone violating its saggy pants ordinance, which took effect over the July Fourth holiday weekend.

The rule prohibits anyone on the Wildwood boardwalk from wearing shorts, swimsuits, pants or skirts more than 3 inches below the waist.

The measure also requires people to wear foot protection at all times and shirts between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m..

Raphael Caetano, 17, who moved to the U.S. from Brazil, tells The Press of Atlantic City he was a little surprised by the ordinance. He says in America, you do whatever you want.

But Kristina Dunleavy of Westchester, N.Y., says the ordinance is fantastic because she doesn't believe low-hanging pants are appropriate.

Fines start at $25.

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