DADEVILLE, Ala. — Dadeville City Council sought Thursday to go even further with a proposed ordinance banning saggy pants. After this proposal, the community of just 3,200 people may need to go clothes shopping.

On August 25 Dadeville City Councilman Frank Goodman, originally called his fellow council members to find a way to legally address the wearing of saggy pants  “It is getting bad around here,” Goodman said to the Alex City Outlook, “I am ashamed to see all the sagging pants around here.”

Since then, other Dadeville City Council members have voiced to take the proposed “sagging” ban even further. Councilwoman Stephanie Kelley said at Tuesday’s Council meeting that she thinks women should not be excluded from this ban and pushed for mini skirts, and other clothing deemed revealing, be included in the ban also.

“My concern is it should be for everybody,” said Stephanie Kelley, “I think for the girls, with these shorts up so high looking like under garments and dresses so short, I don’t want us to be showing favoritism.”

Although still in discussion, the ban looks to have support from other council members. “I have heard more favorable positive comments about us even considering this than I have on anything else since I have been on the council,” Council member James Tarpley said.

Dadeville is not alone in its attempts to ban saggy pants via city ordinance. In June, Yellowhammer News reported that Talladega’s City Council is seriously considering an ordinance banning sagging after receiving several complaints from residents.

In 2011, Mobile City Council attempted to pass a ban but fell one vote short. A year later, the Alabama House of Representatives considered outlawing sagging, though the law would have only applied to Montgomery County. The bill, which threatened those who sag with fines of up to $150, died like its Mobile predecessor.

Attorney Robin Reynolds plans to prepare the ordinance for the Dadeville City Council’s next meeting later this month.

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— John James (@john_james_20) August 19, 2015