§ 10-17. Unlawful discriminatory practices related to sexual orientation and gender identity.

(a)

Employment. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer, because of the sexual orientation or gender identity of any person, to refuse to hire or employ such person, to bar or discharge such person from employment, or to otherwise discriminate against such person in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment; to limit, segregate, separate, classify or make any distinction in regards to employees; or to follow any employment procedure or practice which, in fact, results in discrimination, segregation or separation without a valid business necessity.

(b)

Housing. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person to discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale of real property or lease of rental housing, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because of sexual orientation or gender identity, or to discriminate against any person in such person's use or occupancy of rental housing because of the sexual orientation or gender identity of the people with whom such person associates. This provision shall not apply to the sale or rental of real property or rental housing owned by a religious organization, nor shall it apply to a jail.

(c)

Public accommodation. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person, as defined herein being the owner, operator, lessee, manager, agent or employee of any place of public accommodation, to refuse, deny or make a distinction, directly or indirectly, in offering its goods, services, facilities, and accommodations to any person as covered by this chapter because of sexual orientation or gender identity.

(d)

[Unlawful.] Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to make it lawful to discriminate against individuals by reason of race, sex, familial status, military status, disability, religion, age, color, or national origin or ancestry. Such discrimination is not addressed in articles III and IV of this chapter because federal and state law address unlawful discriminatory practices related to those protected classes, as well as provide a complaint, investigation and enforcement process for those protected classes.

(Ord. No. 6897, § 2, 5-17-11; Ord. No. 7235, § 5, 8-16-16)