A. Prohibition: No person that owns, leases, rents, operates, manages, or in any manner controls a public accommodation in the city shall withhold, deny, curtail, limit, or discriminate concerning the full use of such public accommodation by any individual on the basis of unlawful discrimination.
B. Exceptions: The human rights commission as defined in this chapter may adopt rules specifying any additional exceptions to the prohibition contained in this section based on bona fide considerations of public policy.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this chapter, nothing contained in this section shall require any person who does not participate in the federal section 8 housing assistance program (42 USC 1437f) to accept any subsidy, payment assistance, voucher, or contribution under or in connection with such program or to lease or rent to any tenant or prospective tenant who is relying on such a subsidy, payment assistance, contribution, or voucher for payment of part of the rent for such place of accommodation.
C. Sexual Harassment: No person who owns, leases, rents, operates, manages, or in any manner controls a public accommodation shall engage in sexual harassment affecting access to, participation in, or the full use of such public accommodation. "Sexual harassment" means any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favors, or conduct of a sexual nature when: 1) submission to such conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of an individual's access to, participation in, or full use of a public accommodation; or 2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for any decision affecting the individual's access to, participation in, or full use of a public accommodation; or 3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's access to, participation in, or full use of any public accommodation or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment with respect thereto. (Ord. O-12-2010, 4-5-2010)