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§ 33.16 ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.
   (A)   There is hereby created and established a committee to be known as the City Recreation Advisory Committee consisting of five members to be appointed, two of whom shall be appointed by the City Board of Education and three of whom shall be appointed by the City Manager with the advice and consent of City Council. All members of the Committee shall be electors of the city, except that one of the members appointed by the School Board may reside outside the corporate limits but within the boundaries of the school district.
   (B)   All members of the Committee shall serve terms of three years each, except that members first appointed shall be appointed such that the term of one member shall expire annually thereafter. Vacancies on this Committee occurring otherwise than by the expiration of terms, shall be filled for the unexpired term and appointed in the same manner as the original appointments. All members shall serve without compensation.
   (C)   Three members shall constitute a quorum, with a majority vote of the full voting membership necessary to take any official action. The Committee shall maintain a record of its proceedings and shall adopt such rules and regulations of self-government as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section.
(Prior Code, § 3.07.05)
§ 33.17 POWERS AND DUTIES.
   The Committee shall have the following powers and duties:
   (A)   Advise the administration in matters relating to the adoption of programming, policies and procedures for the operation, equipment and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, play fields, public baths, swimming pools, indoor recreation centers, gymnasiums for any land or buildings owned by the city not dedicated to public use other than for recreational use;
   (B)   Advise the administration in matters relating to the job qualifications and employment of personnel in the City Recreation Department;
   (C)   Prepare and submit an annual report of its activities to the City Manager and to make such other reports and recommendations to the City Manager, from time to time, as may be deemed necessary by the City Manager; and
   (D)   Undertake such other studies and assignments on recreational matters as may be requested by the administration.
(Prior Code, § 3.07.06)
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION
§ 33.30 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   COMMISSION. The Community Relations Commissions of the City of Nelsonville.
   COUNCIL. The City Council of Nelsonville, Ohio.
   DISCRIMINATION. Any difference in treatment based on race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital status, religious belief, age or handicap.
   DWELLING. Any building or portion thereof designated or used as the residence of one or more human beings.
   EMPLOYEE. Does not include any individual employed in the domestic service of any person.
   EMPLOYER. Includes any person employing one or more persons within the city and any person acting in the interest of an employer, directly or indirectly.
   FAMILIAL STATUS. One or more individuals who have not attained the age of 18 years being domiciled with:
      (1)   A parent or another person having legal custody of such individual or individuals; or
      (2)   The designee of such parent or other person having such custody, with the written permission of such parent or other person. The protections afforded against discrimination on the basis of familial status shall apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the age of 18 years.
   HOUSING ACCOMMODATION.
      (1)   Any building, structure or portion thereof which is used or occupied as the home, residence or sleeping place of one or more human beings;
      (2)   A parcel or parcels of real estate or any lot or lots, available for the building of a home, residence or dwelling;
      (3)   Unit shall denote that portion of a housing structure, which may be the entire structure that is occupied by an individual, group or family for the purposes stated herein; or
      (4)   Rooming house shall be deemed to contain as many units as there are unrelated individuals occupying separate space therein.
   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, trustee, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, labor organizations, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, fiduciaries and other organized groups of persons.
   PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. Any inn, restaurant, eating house, barbershop, public conveyance by air, land or water, theater, store or other place for the sale of merchandise, or any other place of public accommodation or amusement where the accommodation, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof are available to the public.
(Prior Code, § 3.07.07)
§ 33.31 UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.
   (A)   Discrimination in employment. It shall be unlawful to do the following:
      (1)   For any employer, because of the race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap or of any person to refuse to hire or otherwise discriminate against him or her with respect to hire, tenure, conditions or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment;
      (2)   For any labor organization to discriminate against any person or limit his or her employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his or her status as an employee as to his or her wages, hours, employment conditions because of his or her race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap of any prospective employee; and
      (3)   For any person providing employment to publish, or cause to be published, any advertisement which specifies or in any manner indicates or expresses a limitation or preference as to the race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap of any prospective employee.
   (B)   Discrimination in public accommodation. It shall be unlawful for any proprietor or his or her employer, keeper or manager in place of public accommodation to deny any person, except for reasons applicable alike to all persons, regardless of race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap, the full enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof.
   (C)   Discrimination in housing. It shall be unlawful to do the following:
      (1)   For an owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, real estate broker, real estate salesperson, managing agent of or other person having the right to sell, rent, lease, sublease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of a housing accommodation, or any agent of these, to refuse to sell, to refuse to rent, lease, sublease, assign, transfer or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person group of persons such housing accommodations or represent that such housing accommodations are not available for inspection when in fact they are so available, because of the race, creed, color, sex national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap of such person or persons, or discriminate against or segregate any person because of his or her race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental, lease, sublease, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any such housing accommodation or to do any other thing or engage in conduct which would otherwise make unavailable equal housing opportunities;
      (2)   For a person to publish, circulate, issue or display, or cause to be published, circulated, issued or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement or sign or any kind relating to the sale, rental, lease, sublease, assignment, transfer or listing of a housing accommodation or accommodations which indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based on race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap;
      (3)   For a person, bank, banking organization, mortgage company, insurance company or other financial institution of lenders, or agent or employee thereof, to whom application is made for financial assistance for the purchase, lease, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodation to discriminate against any person or group of persons because of race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap of such person or group of persons or of the prospective occupants or tenants of such real property in the granting, withholding, extending, modifying or renewing, or in the rates, terms, conditions or privileges of, any such financial assistance or in the extensions of services in connection thereof;
      (4)   For an owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, real estate broker, real estate salesperson, managing agent of or other person having the right to sell, rent, lease, sublease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of a housing accommodation, or any agent of any of these to discriminate against any person by refusing to negotiate, making false representations on the availability of the housing unit or withdrawing from the market a housing unit which is for sale, lease, sublease or rental;
      (5)   For an owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, real estate broker, real estate salesperson, managing agent of or other person having the right to sell, rent, lease, sublease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of a housing accommodation or any agent of any of these to include in the terms, conditions or privileges of any sale, lease, sublease, rental, assignment or other transfer of any housing, any clause, condition or restrictions discriminating against any person in the use or occupancy of such housing;
      (6)   For an owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, real estate broker, real estate salesperson, managing agent of or other person having the right to sell, rent, lease, sublease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of a housing accommodation, or any agent of any of these to discriminate in the furnishing of any facilities, repairs, improvements or services or in the terms, conditions or privileges or tenure of occupancy of any person; and
      (7)   For any real estate agent or other individual:
         (a)   To induce or attempt to induce a sale, transfer of interest or listing for sale of any housing by making representations regarding the existing or potential proximity of real property owned, used or occupied by any person of any particular race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap, by direct or indirect methods;
         (b)   To make any representation to any prospective purchaser or lessee that any housing in a particular block, neighborhood or area may undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a change with respect to race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap of such block, neighborhood or area; and
         (c)   To induce or attempt to induce a sale or listing for sale of any housing by representation that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any particular race, creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, religious belief, age or handicap in the area will or may result in:
            1.   The lowering of property values;
            2.   A change in racial, color, religious, nationality or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located;
            3.   An increase in criminal or anti-social behavior in the area; and
            4.   A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area.
   (D)   Aiding and abetting discrimination. It shall be unlawful for a person to assist, aid, abet, entice, incite or coerce another person to commit an act for or engage in any practices forbidden by this section.
   (E)   Exemptions. The provisions of this subchapter as it pertains to sexual orientation shall not apply to religious schools, churches engaged in religious activities and owner-occupied residences with not more than three unrelated renters.
(Prior Code, § 3.07.08) Penalty, see § 33.99
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