(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or any employee or agent thereof:
(1) To discriminate against, withhold from or deny any person, because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender, gender identity or gender expression any of the advantages, facilities or services offered to the general public by a place of public accommodation; or
(2) To refuse admission to or to expel from any place of public accommodation any person for alleged noncompliance with a dress code, personal conduct restriction or identification requirement unless such place of public accommodation has previously posted a notice specifying the details of such code, restriction or requirement in a conspicuous, clearly visible location at each public entrance to the place of public accommodation; provided, however, it shall be an exception to this requirement that such refusal or expulsion was required by law.
(b) It shall not be unlawful for any person or any employee or agent thereof to deny any person entry to any restroom, shower room, bathhouse or similar facility which has been designated for use by persons of the opposite sex.
(c) It shall be a defense to prosecution for discrimination on the basis of disability under this division that the alleged discrimination resulted from a condition or structural feature for which a variance had been received from the City of Fort Worth.
(1964 Code, § 13A-12) (Ord. 6205, § 1, passed 11-24-1968; Ord. 7906, § 2, passed 5-1-1979; Ord. 7962, § 1, passed 8-28-1979; Ord. 13981, § 1, passed 10-26-1999; Ord. 14344, § 1, passed 9-26-2000; Ord. 14832, § 2, passed 10-15-2001; Ord. 18909-11-2009, § 1, passed 11-10-2009; Ord. 19374-09-2010, § 1 (Exh. A), passed 9-28-2010, eff. 10-1-2010; Ord. 24023-01-2020, § 1 (Exh. A), passed 2-2-2020)