A nude beach at Denny Blaine Park can stay open to the public until at least next spring after a King County Superior Court judge ruled Seattle had done enough this summer to curb behaviors that neighbors called illegal and lewd.

Denny Blaine Park for All, an anonymous group of neighbors, sued the city and its park department in April to shut down the city’s longtime unofficial nude beach. Attorneys for the city and the neighbors presented oral arguments Friday in Seattle.

Judge Samuel Chung sided with the city, saying its efforts at the park — including fencing off a designating “clothing-optional” area, adding signage about park rules and increasing staffing — had abated issues enough to keep the nude beach open until its next hearing, according to court records.

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