As used in this Subchapter:
“Commission” shall mean the City of Bowling Green Commission on Human Rights.
“Commissioner” shall mean a member of the Human Rights Commission.
“Conciliation” shall mean the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint or by the investigation of the complaint through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent and the Commission.
“Disability” shall mean: (a) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; (b) a record of such an impairment; or (c) being regarded as having such an impairment, but such term does not include the current illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance as defined in the United States Code and does not apply to an individual because of an individual’s sexual orientation or because that individual is a transvestite.
“Discriminate” and “Discrimination” shall mean any direct or indirect act or practice of exclusion, distinction, restriction, segregation, limitation, refusal, denial or any other act or practice of differentiation or preference in the treatment of a person because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age over forty (40), disability or familial status in connection with housing accommodation.
“Employee” shall mean any individual employed by an employer.
“Employer” shall mean any person who has two (2) or more employees in each four (4) or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such person.
“Familial Status” shall mean one or more individuals who have not attained the age of eighteen (18) being domiciled with a parent or another person having legal custody of such individual or individuals, or the designee of such parent or other person having such custody with the written permission of such parent or other person, and includes any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the age of 18 years.
“Housing Accommodation” shall mean and include improved and unimproved property and means a building, structure, lot or part thereof which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied as the home or residence of one or more individuals. Such accommodation includes:
a. “Housing Unit” shall mean a single room, suite of rooms or apartment containing cooking and kitchen facilities occupied or intended for occupancy as living quarters by a person, a family or a group of persons living together; and,
b. “Rooming Unit” shall mean any room or group of rooms forming a single, habitable unit used for living or sleeping, but which does not contain cooking and kitchen facilities.
“Organization” shall mean any person as defined in this Subchapter, and any agent of such a person, which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours or other terms or conditions of employment, and in which employees or their representatives or agents participate.
“Person” shall mean and include an individual and any group of one (1) or more natural persons such as, but not limited to labor unions, joint apprenticeship committees, partnerships, associations, corporations, unincorporated organizations, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trust, legal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, any individuals acting in a financial or representative capacity, either appointed by a court or otherwise, the City and County or any of its agencies, and any other legal, governmental or commercial entity. The term “person” when applied to any of the foregoing includes members, representatives, shareholders, officers and directors.
(Ord. BG2003-53, 10/7/2003)