(A) Any person who believes that he or she has been discriminated against in violation of the provisions of this subchapter may file with the ADA Coordinator a request to have the ADA Coordinator investigate and mediate the complaint.
(B) Nothing in this subchapter shall create a civil cause of action for damages against the city or preclude any aggrieved person from seeking any other remedy provided by law. Nothing herein shall authorize criminal enforcement of this subchapter against the city or its agents, employees, officials, and the like, acting within the scope of their employment.
(C) A complaint to the ADA Coordinator is not a prerequisite or a bar to the filing of a complaint with the Texas Commission on Human Rights or to the pursuit of any other remedy provided by law. The pendency of a complaint before the ADA Coordinator shall not bar any aggrieved party from seeking civil action, but a final judgment in any civil action shall bar any further investigation of a complaint.
(D) In connection with any investigation of a charge filed under this subchapter, the ADA Coordinator shall at all reasonable times have access to, for the purposes of examination and the right to copy, any evidence of any person being investigated or proceeded against that relates to the charge under investigation and is not privileged as provided by law.
(E) No person shall knowingly, intentionally or recklessly obstruct, or prevent compliance with this subchapter or hinder or interfere with the performance of the proper exercise of a duty, obligation, right or power of the ADA Coordinator, or other officials with duties, obligations, rights and powers established by ordinance.
(Ord. 2005-22, passed 8-9-05)