As used in this chapter:
(a) "Affected class" means those classes in the population which are locked into a level of employment with no upward mobility due to the perpetuated effects of discrimination, including women, minority groups and handicapped persons.
(b) "Bidder" means any person, partnership, corporation, association or joint venture seeking to be awarded a public contract.
(c) "Construction contract" means any public contract for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, extension, wrecking, excavation for or repair of buildings or streets or other improvements to real property.
(d) "Contractor" means any person, partnership, corporation, association or joint venture who or which has been awarded a public contract and includes every subcontractor on such contract.
(e) "Discriminate" means to distinguish, differentiate, treat separately or segregate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin or handicap.
(f) "Handicapped individual" means one who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities and who has a record of such an impairment or is regarded as having such an impairment.
(g) "Minority" means black, Spanish surnamed, American Indian or Asian American person.
(h) "Parity" means a condition wherein the City's work force shows a percentage of male, female, handicapped, minority and nonminority employees in every job category equal to or greater than their representation in the City labor market census data.
(i) "Public contract" means any contract awarded by the City whereby the City is committed to expend or does expend its funds in return for work, labor, services, supplies, equipment, materials or any combination of the same, or any lease, lease by way of concession, concession agreement, permit or property of the City, or otherwise grants a right or privilege to occupy or use the property of the City.
(j) "Subcontractor" means any person, partnership, corporation, association or joint venture who or which supplies any of the work, labor, supplies, services, equipment, materials or any combination of the same under a contract with the contractor on a public contract.
(Ord. 83-90. Passed 4-4-83.)