For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BURIAL LOT. Any lot for the burial of deceased persons within any public burial ground or cemetery, including but not limited to, cemeteries owned and operated by municipal corporations, townships, or companies or associations incorporated for cemetery purposes.
COMMISSION. The Hillsboro Human Relations Commission.
DISABILITY. A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits at least one of the major life activities of the individual, a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment.
DISCRIMINATE. Includes segregate or separate.
EMPLOYEE. Does not include any individual employed in the domestic service of any person.
EMPLOYER. Includes the state, or any political or civil subdivision thereof, any person employing four or more persons within the state, and any person acting in the interest of an employer, directly or indirectly.
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Includes any person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure opportunities to work or to procure, recruit, refer, or place employees.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS. Includes any building or structure or portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied as the home residence or sleeping place of one or more individuals, groups or families whether or not living independently of each other; and any vacant land offered for sale or leased for commercial housing. It also includes any housing accommodations held or offered for sale or rent by a real estate broker, sales people, or agent, or by any other person pursuant to authorization of the owner, by the owner himself or herself, or by his or her legal representative.
LABOR ORGANIZATION. Includes any organization which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or for other mutual aid or protection in relation to employment.
PERSON. Includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and other organized groups of persons. It also includes, but is not limited to, any owner, lessor, assignor, builder, manager, broker, sales person, agent, employee, lending institution; and the state, and all political subdivisions, authorities, agencies, boards, and commissions thereof.
PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION. Any inn, restaurant, eating house, barber shop, public conveyance by air, land, or water, theater, store, or other place for the sale of merchandise, or any other place where the accommodation, advantages, facilities, or privileges thereof are available to the public.
RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. Any specification limiting the transfer, rental, lease, or other use of any housing because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, or disability, or any limitation based upon affiliation with or approval by any person, directly or indirectly, employing race, color, religion, national origin, or ancestry, or disability as a condition of affiliation or approval.
(1982 Code, § 99.01) (Ord. 1983-33, passed 9-20-1983)