§ 3305. BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AND PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS.  


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  • (a) Prohibited Activity. It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following acts wholly or partially because of a person's actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, place of birth, sex, age, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, weight, or height:
    (1) To deny, directly or indirectly, any person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any business establishment or public accommodation;
    (2) Except as otherwise permitted by law, to deny, directly or indirectly, any person admittance to the premises of the business establishment or public accommodation. No business establishment or public accommodation requesting or requiring identification documents to demonstrate or confirm a person's proof of age may deny admittance to any person displaying one valid identification document as proof of age. For purposes of Section 3305(a)(2), the term "valid identification document"means a document which contains the name, date of birth and picture of the person presenting the document, and is issued by a federal, state, county or municipal government, or subdivision or agency thereof, including, but not limited to, a motor vehicle operator's license or identification card issued to a member of the Armed Forces;
    (3) To make, print, publish, advertise or disseminate in any way, or cause to be made, printed, published, advertised or disseminated in any way, any notice, statement or advertisement with respect to any business establishment or public accommodation which indicates that the full enjoyment of such business establishment or public accommodation will be unlawfully refused an individual;
    (4) For business establishments and public accommodations to discriminate in any manner described in Subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3) between patrons with domestic partners and patrons with spouses, and/or between the domestic partners and spouses of such patrons, where the domestic partnership has been registered with a governmental entity pursuant to State or local law authorizing such registration;
    (5) For any business establishment or public accommodation to boycott or blacklist, to surcharge, or to refuse to buy from, contract with, sell to, or trade with any person.
    (Amended by Ord. 184-81, App. 4/20/81; Ord. 17-92, App. 1/21/92; Ord. 433-94, App. 12/30/94; Ord. 265-98, App. 8/21/98; Ord. 255-99, File No. 991146, App. 10/8/99; Ord. 101-00, File No. 000476, App. 5/26/2000; Ord. 222-02, File No. 021462, App. 11/15/2002)