For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. The Human Rights Board.
CHILDBIRTH OR CONDITION RELATED TO CHILDBIRTH OR PREGNANCY. The act or process of giving birth to a child, including labor and delivery. Any medical condition or complication that arises during pregnancy, childbirth, or the postpartum period, or is exacerbated by pregnancy or childbirth.
COMMERCIAL SPACE. Any space in a building, structure, or portion thereof, which is used or occupied or intended to be occupied for the manufacture, sale, resale, processing, reprocessing, displaying, storing, handling, garaging, or distribution of personal property; and any space which is used or occupied as a separate business or professional unit or office in any building, structure, or portion thereof.
CULTURAL HEADDRESS. Includes, but is not limited to, burkas, hijabs, head wraps, head scarves, or other headdresses used as part of an individual's personal cultural or religious beliefs.
EMPLOYEE. Any person in the employ of an employer.
EMPLOYER. Any person employing one or more persons acting for an employer.
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Any person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure opportunities to work or to procure, recruit, or refer employees.
GENDER. An individual or societal expectation or perception of a person as masculine or feminine based on appearance, behavior or physical characteristics.
GENDER IDENTITY. A person's self-perception, based on the person's appearance, behavior or physical characteristics, that the person exhibits more masculinity or femininity or the absence of masculinity or femininity whether or not it matches the person's gender or sex assigned at birth.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATION. Any building or portion of a building which is constructed or to be constructed, which is used or intended for use as the residence or sleeping place of any individual.
LABOR ORGANIZATION. Any organization which exists for the purpose in whole or in part of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment.
MINIMUM INCOME REQUIREMENT. A requirement set by an owner relating to the amount of income a prospective tenant must receive in a prescribed period of time and used to determine the prospective tenant's ability to pay rent.
PERSON. One or more individuals, a partnership, association, company, organization, corporation, joint venture, legal representative, trustee, receiver, cooperative, or the city and any governmental unit created and/or sponsored by the city. Where any reference to the masculine is present, he or she, her or him, his or her or person (as in chairperson vs. chairman) should be in its place.
PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY. A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's major life activities. A person is also considered to have a mental or physical disability if the person has a record of a physical or mental disability or is regarded as having a physical or mental disability.
PREGNANCY. The condition of being pregnant, including the state of carrying a developing embryo or fetus within the body, beginning from conception through childbirth.
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION. Any establishment that provides or offers its services, facilities, accommodations or goods to the public, but does not include a bona fide private club or other place or establishment which is by its nature and use distinctly private.
PUBLIC CONTRACTOR. A person, company, or organization who receives public funds as a result of contracting with a governmental entity.
RACE. Includes, but is not limited to, traits historically and commonly associated with race or ethnicity, including hair types, hair texture, volume of hair, length of hair, protective hairstyles, or cultural headdresses.
RACE RELATED HAIRSTYLE. Includes, but is not limited to, those hairstyles necessitated by, or resulting from, the characteristics of a hair texture associated with race, such as braids, locs, afros, tight coils or curls, bantu knots, and twists.
REAL PROPERTY. Lands, leaseholds and tenements.
SEX. A person's categorization as male, female or intersex based on biology, physiology and physical characteristics.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION. A person's physical, romantic or emotional attraction to persons of the same or a different gender or the absence of any such attraction.
SOURCE OF INCOME. Any lawful and verifiable source of money and program requirements of such funding, paid directly to or on behalf of a renter or buyer of housing, including, but not limited to:
(1) Income from a lawful profession, occupation, or job;
(2) Income derived from social security or any form of federal, state, or local public assistance or housing assistance, including a housing choice voucher issued pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, or any other form of housing assistance payment or credit, whether or not such income or credit is paid or attributed directly to a landlord and even if such income includes additional federal, state, or local requirements including but not limited to required inspections and contracting with the agency administering the public assistance program; or
(3) A pension, annuity, alimony, child support, foster care subsidies, or any other recurring, lawful, and verifiable monetary consideration or benefit.