A. It shall be unlawful for any person to deny any other person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages of any place of public accommodation because of age, color, creed, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. (Ord. 00-3950, 11-7-2000; amd. Ord. 13-4560, 10-15-2013)
B. It shall be unlawful to directly or indirectly advertise or in any other manner indicate or publicize that the patronage of persons is unwelcome, objectionable or not solicited because of age, color, creed, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. (Ord. 95-3697, 11-7-1995)
C. This section shall not apply to any bona fide religious institution with respect to any qualifications the institution may impose based on religion when such qualifications are related to a bona fide religious purpose. (Ord. 94-3647, 11-8-1994)
D. Public accommodations may be designated specifically for the elderly and disabled. However, public accommodations may not be restricted among the elderly and disabled on the basis of age, color, creed, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. (Ord. 95-3697, 11-7-1995)
E. It shall not be unlawful for a public accommodation to take any action otherwise prohibited by this section where age is a bona fide factor or qualification based on health, safety or developmental differences between age groups. In order to establish that the exception applies, a place of public accommodation must show the restriction or policy is necessary to protect the health, safety, or developmental differences of persons based on age alone. Developmental differences of persons based on age means the social, emotional, physical and intellectual development of a person based on the chronological age of a person.
F. Nothing in this section shall prohibit restrictions regarding the consumption of alcoholic beverages by those under the legal drinking age or the presence of persons under the legal drinking age in places of public accommodation where alcoholic beverages are served.
G. This section shall not apply to discounts for services or accommodations based upon age. (Ord. 13-4560, 10-15-2013)