555.01 Hate Crime.
   (a)   "Hate Crime" under this section means committing a specified crime against an individual, or group, exclusively or in part, because of that victim's race, religion/creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, age or a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity, by orientation or practice.
   (b)   It shall be unlawful for a person to commit a Hate Crime. A person commits a Hate Crime if, by reason of the actual or perceived race, religion/creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, age, or a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity, by orientation or practice, of another individual, or group of individuals, he or she violates any of the following sections of the Municipal Code: Section 509.03, Chapter 537 or Chapter 541.
(Ord. 525-14. Passed 12-2-14.)