Nudists may soon have to butt out of a popular plaza in San Francisco's Castro District under legislation proposed Tuesday by a city supervisor.

Supervisor Scott Wiener says his office has been flooded with complaints about the naked people who spend their afternoons in the Castro District's main public plaza at 17th and Market Streets.

The public backlash prompted the supervisor to call for ban on disrobing in public.

Wearing only a baseball cap, urban nudist Lloyd Fishback sat back and soaked up the sun right in the middle of busy Jane Warner Plaza.

When asked what he would say to someone who find his nudity offensive, his reply was blunt.

"Get over it," said Fishback. "That's all I got to say about it."

Wiener said the daily congregation of men in their birthday suits crosses the line into public indecency.

"We basically have an ad hoc nudist colony every afternoon at Castro and Market," said Wiener. "It's gotten out of control."

So much so, that Supervisor Wiener wants to make it illegal to walk around nude on San Francisco streets, on public transportation and in city plazas.

Currently San Francisco prohibits nudity in parks, on port property and in restaurants.

Silvia Cerna, a mother, walks past the bare men every day on her way to the bus stop and told KTVU it is time they cover up.

"It's not only my girls. There's other little kids around and it's not appropriate," said Cerna.

The ban would not apply to festivals and parades, such as the Folsom Street Fair or Bay To Breakers Race which attract naked participants.

"This legislation achieves a good balance," said Wiener. "San Francisco is a very liberal and tolerant and wonderful place. There is definitely a place for public nudity, but it is not out all over our neighborhoods."

Urban nudist David London reacted to the possibility of having to wear clothes in public philosophically.

"Well, you know, I'm one of these people who will comply," said London. "I'm not a jerk."

If approved, offending nudists would be slapped with a $100 fine for their first offense, $200 for their second and $500 for a third strike.

Mayor Ed Lee, speaking at a separate event Tuesday, said he approved of Wiener's proposal.

"We'll hear some criticisms about it because we're a city that enjoys the freedom to do everything, but there should be a balance," Lee said.

This is the second piece of legislation Wiener has proposed to address public nudity in San Francisco.

Last year, the board approved legislation that banned nudity in restaurants and outlawed sitting on benches or other public seating without first placing clothing or other material atop the seat first.

State law only bans "lewd" behavior, which courts have interpreted to exclude simple nudity, according to Wiener's office. Other Bay Area cities, including Berkeley and San Jose, have already enacted similar public nudity bans, he said.