CROSS REFERENCES
Unlawful discriminatory practices, RC 4112.02
Civil rights interference, CO 615.13
Coercion, CO 621.09
Discrimination at amusement parks, CO 687.05
Discrimination at karting parks, CO 691.16
It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice in a place of public accommodation for any person who is the owner, operator, lessee, manager, administrator, servant, agent or employee of any place of public accommodation:
(a) to refuse, deny, segregate, discriminate or make a distinction, directly or indirectly, in offering its goods, services, facilities or accommodations to any person because of membership in a protected class;
(b) To refuse, deny, segregate, separate, discriminate, or make a distinction, directly or indirectly in any way, against any person in the full and equal use and enjoyment of the services, facilities, privileges, advantages or enforcement powers of the City, or any unit or office thereof, because of membership in a protected class;
(c) For any person, whether or not specifically prohibited from discriminating under any provisions of this section, to aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of any act declared to be an unlawful discriminatory practice by this section, or to attempt to do so;
(d) To coerce, intimidate, threaten, retaliate against, or otherwise interfere with any person, or attempt to do so, because he or she has promoted the provisions of this section, or because he or she has filed a complaint, testified, or assisted in any proceeding, investigation or hearing authorized by Sections 667.011 through 667.013 or by appropriate state or federal law;
(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a religious or denominational institution, organization, society or association or any nonprofit charitable or educational organization that is operated, supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, from limiting its offerings of goods, services, facilities and accommodations to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to such persons, provided that such offerings mentioned above are not, in fact, offered for commercial purposes;
(f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the establishment of programs or other public accommodations designed and operated for a particular age group. However, such public accommodations shall not discriminate on the basis of membership in a protected class.
(Ord. No. 162-A-2000. Passed 12-4-00, eff. 12-14-00 without the signature of the Mayor)
(a) As used herein, "public accommodation" or "place of public accommodation" means any inn, restaurant, eating house, barbershop, public conveyance by air, land, or water, theater, store or other place for the sale of merchandise or provision of services, amusement or accommodation of which the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges are offered or available to the public.
(b) All other terms used in Sections 667.01 through 667.013 shall have the meanings and definitions given in Chapter 665, except as may be specifically provided herein or as required by the context.
(Ord. No. 162-A-2000. Passed 12-4-00, eff. 12-14-00 without the signature of the Mayor)
Any aggrieved person may allege that a violation of Section 667.01 has occurred by filing a complaint with the Fair Housing Board in the time, manner and form prescribed under Section 665.06 for complaints of unlawful practices under Section 665.03. The Fair Housing Board shall have the same powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to a complaint alleging a violation of Section 667.01 as it has under Sections 665.05 through 665.10 with respect to a complaint alleging a violation of Section 665.03, except as may be inapplicable or required by the context or by law.
(Ord. No. 162-A-2000. Passed 12-4-00, eff. 12-14-00 without the signature of the Mayor)
The City, the Fair Housing Board, any person aggrieved by a violation of Section 667.01 and any respondent thereto shall have the same rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to remedies and relief for violation of Section 667.01 as they have under Section 665.11 through Section 665.13 with respect to a violation of Section 665.03, except as may be inapplicable or required by the context or by law.
(Ord. No. 162-A-2000. Passed 12-4-00, eff. 12-14-00 without the signature of the Mayor)
No person, firm, corporation or association of individuals shall knowingly advertise, publish, present or exhibit in any public place in the City, any lithograph, drawing, sign, picture (motion or still), play, drama or sketch that represents any hanging, lynching or drawing of a human being that in any way incites race riot or race hatred.
(Ord. No. 1333-64. Passed 5-17-65, eff. 5-20-65)
No person, firm, corporation or association of individuals shall knowingly print, publish, distribute or cause to be printed, published or distributed by any means, or in any manner whatsoever, any handbill, dodger, circular, booklet, pamphlet, leaflet, card, sticker, periodical literature or paper, that exposes any individual or any racial or religious group to hatred, contempt, ridicule or obloquy within the meaning of this section.
(Ord. No. 1333-64. Passed 5-17-65, eff. 5-20-65)
No person shall organize any society which tends to promote racial hatred or religious bigotry.
(Ord. No. 63410-A. Passed 9-22-24)
(a) No person shall refuse to employ or to bar or to discharge from employment any person because of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, ethnic group or Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status of such person.
(b) No person shall refuse to promote or grant any condition or privilege of employment because of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, ethnic group or Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status of such person.
(c) As used in this section, "person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, labor organization and association.
(d) As used in this section, "labor organization" means any organization which exists and is constructed for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms and conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment.
(e) In accordance with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., and other state and federal laws, nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to infringe the free exercise of religious rights under the First Amendment to the United State Constitution, nor shall the ordinance be construed to affect bona fide occupational qualifications based upon religion for employment.
(Ord. No. 128-97. Passed 1-27-97, eff. 2-6-97)
(a) Whoever violates any of the provisions of Section 667.05 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or sentenced to not less than three (3) months imprisonment, or both. The minimum fine and imprisonment to be imposed by a court for a violation of Section 667.05 is mandatory and may not be suspended in whole or in part.
(b) Whoever violates any other provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
(Ord. No. 128-97. Passed 1-27-97, eff. 2-6-97)