A. A written or unwritten act, policy, practice or system which excludes an individual from equal opportunities on the basis of sex or because of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity in any terms or conditions of employment, education, public accommodations, credit or housing, shall be considered a discriminatory practice.
B. The term "sex discrimination" as it applies to segregation or separation in this chapter applies to all covered types of employment, education, public accommodations and housing; provided, however, that:
1. It shall not be a discriminatory practice to maintain separate restrooms; and that
2. It shall not be unlawful employment practice for an employer to hire and employ employees, for an employment agency to classify or refer for employment agency to classify or refer for employment an individual, for a labor organization to classify its membership or to classify or refer for employment any individual, or for an employer, labor organization or joint labor management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining programs to admit or to employ another individual in any such program on the basis of sex in those certain instances where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business or enterprise; and that
3. It shall not be a discriminatory practice for a private or religious educational institution to continue to maintain and enforce a policy of admitting students of one sex only; and that
4. It shall not be a discriminatory practice under Section 9.24.030 for an owner of a single family unit who resides therein but rents or leases rooms in that same unit to lease to individuals of one sex only.
(Ord. 19-2015 § 1 (part), 2015; Ord. 92-45 (part), 1992; prior code § 12-4)