The following definitions shall be used to define words and phrases within this chapter:
DENY: Any act which, directly or indirectly, by any person or his agent or employee, results or is intended or calculated to result in whole or in part in any discrimination, distinction, restriction, or unequal treatment or representation. The term also includes, but is not limited to, the requiring of a person to pay a larger sum than the uniform rates charged other persons, or the refusing or withholding from persons the admission, patronage, custom, presence, frequenting, dwelling, staying, or lodging in any place of public resort, accommodation, assemblage, or amusement except for conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons, regardless of sexual orientation and/or gender identity/expression.
DISCRIMINATE: Any direct or indirect exclusion, distinction, segregation, limitation, refusal, denial or other differentiation in the treatment of a person because of a person's actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity/expression or because of a person's association with any such person. Discrimination shall not be interpreted to require or to grant or accord any preferential treatment to any person because of that person's sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
FULL ENJOYMENT: Shall mean, but is not limited to, the right to use, rent or purchase real property, any service, commodity or article of personal property offered or sold by any person or establishment to the public, and the admission of any person to accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges of any place of public resort, accommodation, assemblage or amusement, without acts directly or indirectly causing persons of any particular sexual orientation and/or gender identity/expression to be treated as not welcome, accepted, desired or solicited.
GENDER IDENTITY/EXPRESSION: A gender related identity, appearance, expression or behavior of an individual regardless of a person's assigned sex at birth.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATION: A building or portion of a building, whether constructed or to be constructed, that is or will be used as the home, domicile, residence or sleeping quarters of its occupants.
OTHERWISE QUALIFIED: A person who possesses the following bona fide job related qualifications required by an employer for any particular job, job classification, or position: education, training, ability, character, integrity, disposition to work, adherence to reasonable rules and regulations and other bona fide job related qualifications required by an employer.
PERSON: Any natural person, firm, corporation, partnership or other organization, association or group of persons however arranged.
PLACE OF PUBLIC RESORT, ACCOMMODATION, ASSEMBLAGE OR AMUSEMENT: Shall mean, but is not limited to, any public place, licensed or unlicensed, kept for gain, hire or reward, or where charges are made for admission, service, occupancy or use of any property or facilities, whether conducted for the entertainment, housing or lodging of transient guests, or for the benefit, use or accommodation of those seeking health, recreation or rest, or for the sale of goods and merchandise, or for the rendering of personal services, or for public conveyance or transportation on land, water or in the air, including the stations and terminals thereof and the garaging of vehicles, or where food or beverages of any kind are sold for consumption on the premises, or where public amusement, entertainment, sports or recreation of any kind is offered with or without charge, or where medical service or care is made available, or where the public gathers, congregates, or assembles for amusement, recreation or public purposes, or public halls, public elevators and public washrooms of buildings and structures occupied by two (2) or more tenants, or by the owner and one or more tenants, or any public library or any educational institution wholly or partially supported by public funds, or schools of special instruction, or nursery schools, or daycare centers or children's camps. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to include, or apply to, any institute, bona fide club, or place of accommodation, which is, by its nature, distinctly private; provided, that where public use is permitted, that use shall be covered by this definition; nor shall anything herein contained apply to any educational facility operated or maintained by a bona fide religious or sectarian institution.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Actual or perceived homosexuality, heterosexuality and/or bisexuality. (Ord. 2015-04, 6-15-2015)