The ordinance, aimed at ending the practice of wearing pants below the waist, states that people caught exposing 3 inches or more of their underwear will be fined $25, the Chicago Tribune reported Sunday.

Other towns have passed similar laws, including Flint, Mich., where offenders can be fined $500, the newspaper reported.

Lynwood Mayor Eugene Williams said the ordinance was passed to help encourage development in the town.

Jonathan Gammon, a barber, said he was relieved to hear his town banned low-hanging pants.

"I don't want to see their drawers, personally," he said. "It probably would scare people from out of town."

The American Civil Liberties Union has said baggy-pants bans target young minority males.