As used in this chapter:
(a) "Age" means at least forty (40) years old.
(b) "Aggrieved individual" means an individual who claims to have been injured by an unlawful discrimination act or practice described in this chapter.
(c) "City Attorney" means the individual duly elected pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Charter of the City of Reynoldsburg.
(d) "Complainant" means an aggrieved individual who, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, files with the Clerk of Council a written complaint alleging an unlawful discriminatory act or practice.
(e) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one (1) or more major life activities, including the functions of caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working; a record of a physical or mental impairment; or being regarded as having a physical or mental impairment.
(1) "Physical or mental impairment" includes any of the following:
A. Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one (1) or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genitor-urinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine;
B. Any mental or psychological disorder, including, but not limited to, orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, sickle cell, human immunodeficiency virus infection, intellectual disabilities, and emotional illness.
(2) "Physical or mental impairment" does not include any of the following:
A. Pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, or other sexual behavior disorders;
B. Compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania;
C. Mental or psychological disorder, or disease or condition, caused by an illegal use of any controlled substance by an employee, applicant, or another individual, if an employer, employment agency, personnel placement service, labor organization, or joint labor management committee acts on the basis of that illegal use.
(f) "Discriminate", "discrimination", or "discriminatory" means to differentiate and treat differently including to segregate or separate.
(g) "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer but does not include any individual employed in the domestic service of any person.
(h) "Employer" means any person who regularly employs for compensation four (4) or more individuals, excluding the employer's parents, spouse, and children, including any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer, provided "employer" does not include a public school system, or an agency of government other than the City.
(i) "Employment agency" means any persons regularly undertaking with or without compensation, to procure opportunities for employment or to procure, recruit, refer, or place employees.
(j) "Familial status" means either of the following:
(1) One (1) or more individuals who are under eighteen (18) years of age and who are domiciled with a parent or guardian having legal custody of the individual or domiciled, with the written permission of the parent or guardian having legal custody, with a designee of the parent or guardian; or
(2) Any person who is pregnant or in the process of securing legal custody of any individual who is under eighteen (18) years of age.
(k) "Gender expression or identity" means actual or perceived gender-related identity, expression, appearance, or mannerisms, or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, regardless of the individual's designated sex at birth.
(l) "Hearing Officer" means a neutral independent contractor, hired by the City, who conducts an administrative hearing based on a complaint filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(m) "Housing accommodations" including any buildings or structure or portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied as a home residence or sleeping place of one (1) or more individuals, groups or families, whether or not living independently of each other; and any vacant land offered for sale or lease. It also includes any housing accommodations held or offered for sale or rent by a real estate broker, salesman, or agent, or by any other person pursuant to the authorization of the owner, by the owner, or by such person's legal representative.
(n) "Labor organization" includes any organization that exists, in whole or in part, for the purpose of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or other mutual aid or protection in relation to employment.
(o) "Military status" means a person's status in "Service in the uniformed services" as defined in R.C. § 5923.05.
(p) "Natural hair types and natural styles commonly associated with race" means hairstyle, type, and texture, treated and untreated, as well as protective hairstyles such as natural hair, afros, braids, twists, cornrows, and locks, which hair types and hairstyles are commonly associated with African-Americans and their racial, ethnic, and cultural identities.
(q) "Person" includes one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, and 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, salesman, agent, employee, lending institution; and the City of Reynoldsburg and all political subdivisions, authorities, agencies, boards, and commissions thereof.
(r) "Place of public accommodation" means any inn, restaurant, eating house, barbershop, hotel, motel, bank or other financial services institution, 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.
(s) "Protected class" means a classification of individuals based on one (1) or more of the following characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, familial status, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or natural hair types and natural styles commonly associated with race.
(t) "Public use areas" means interior or exterior rooms or spaces of a privately owned building that are made available to the general public.
(u) "Restrictive covenant" means any specification in a deed, land contract or lease limiting the use of any housing because of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, or military status or any limitation based upon affiliation with or approval by any person, directly or indirectly, employing race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, or military status as a condition of affiliation or approval.
(v) "Service in the uniformed services" means the performance of duty, on a voluntary or involuntary basis, in a uniformed service, under competent authority, and includes active duty, active duty for training, initial active duty for training, inactive duty for training, full-time national guard duty, and performance of duty or training by a member of the Ohio organized militia pursuant to R.C. Chapter 5923. "Service in the uniformed services" includes also the period of time for which a person is absent from a position of public or private employment for the purpose of an examination to determine the fitness of the person to perform any duty described in this division.
(w) "Sex" means male, female, neither, or both, and includes pregnancy, any illness arising out of and occurring during the course of a pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
(x) "Sexual orientation" means a person's actual or perceived homosexuality, bisexuality, or heterosexuality.
(y) "Source of income" means lawful income, including but not limited to, income derived from wages, social security, supplemental security income, any form of federal, state or local assistance payments or subsidies, including rent vouchers, child support, spousal support, and public and private assistance which can be verified and substantiated.
(z) "Uniformed services" means the Armed Forces, the Ohio organized militia when engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty training, or full-time national guard duty, the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, and any other category of persons designated by the President of the United States in time of war or emergency.
(aa) "Unlawful discriminatory practice" means any act prohibited by Chapter 503 of the Reynoldsburg Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. 45-2020. Passed 6-22-20; Ord. 27-2021. Passed 3-23-21.)