(A) Except as otherwise provided herein, it is an unlawful practice for a person to deny a person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages and accommodations of a place of pubic accommodation, resort or amusement, as defined in § 32.041 of this chapter, as a result of that person’s disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth, as defined herein.
(B) It is an unlawful practice for a person, directly or indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display or mail, or cause to be published, circulated, issued, displayed or mailed, a written, printed, oral or visual communication, notice or advertisement that indicates that the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages and accommodations of a place of public accommodation, resort or amusement will be refused, withheld or denied an individual on account of that person’s disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth, as defined herein, or that patronage of, or presence at, a place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, of an individual, on account of that person’s disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth, as defined herein, is objectionable, unwelcome, unacceptable or undesirable.
(C) (1) It shall be an unlawful practice to deny an individual, because of disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth, as defined herein, the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages and accommodations of a restaurant, hotel, motel or any facility supported directly or indirectly by government funds.
(2) The provisions of this division (C) shall not apply to:
(a) Restrooms, shower rooms, bathhouses and similar facilities, which are, by their nature, distinctly private;
(b) YMCA, YWCA and similar dormitory-type lodging facilities;
(c) The exemptions contained in the definitions of PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOM- MODATIONS, RESORT or AMUSEMENT set forth in § 32.041 of this chapter; or
(d) Hospitals, nursing homes, jails, penal or similar facilities, to require that men and women be in the same room.
(1984 Code, §§ 32.08, 37.07) (Ord O-31-98, passed 7-21-1998; Ord. O-20-03, passed 4-29-2003)