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(1)
<br />It shall be an unlawful public accommodations practice for a place of public
<br />accommodation, a person acting on behalf of a place of public accommodation, or for
<br />any person to assist a place of public accommodation or a person acting on behalf of
<br />such place to:
<br />(a) Make any distinction, discrimination or restriction against any person because of
<br />race, religion, color, sex, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, familial status,
<br />domestic partnership status, age, sexual orientation, source of income, or because an
<br />individual is a person with a disability; or
<br />(b) Publish, circulate, issue or display or cause to be published, circulated, issued or
<br />displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement or sign of any kind to the effect
<br />that any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, services or privileges of such
<br />place of public accommodation will be refused, withheld from or denied to, or that any
<br />discrimination will be made against, any person because of race, religion, color, sex,
<br />national origin, ethnicity, marital status, familial status, domestic partnership status, age,
<br />sexual orientation, source of income, or because an individual is a person with a
<br />disability, except as provided by laws governing the consumption of alcoholic beverages
<br />by minors and the frequenting of minors in places of public accommodation where
<br />alcoholic beverages are served, and except for special rates or services offered to
<br />persons 55 years old and older.
<br />(2)
<br />It shall be an unlawful public accommodations practice for any place of public
<br />accommodation, or any person acting on behalf of such place, to discriminate in any
<br />manner described in this section because of the race, religion, color, sex, national
<br />origin, ethnicity, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, source of income,
<br />or disability of any other person with whom the individual associates.
<br />(3)
<br />It shall be an unlawful public accommodations practice for a place of public
<br />accommodation, a person acting on behalf of a place of public accommodation, or for a
<br />person to assist such a place or person, to fail or refuse to offer visitation privileges to
<br />the domestic partner of an inmate, patient or resident on the same basis as those
<br />privileges are offered to the spouses of other similarly situated inmates, patients or
<br />residents. For purposes of this paragraph, “place of accommodation” shall be
<br />construed to include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
<br />(a) A jail or other place of incarceration;
<br />(b) A funeral home;
<br />(c) A hospital or other health care facility; and
<br />(d) A residential facility for the care or treatment of elderly persons or persons with
<br />mental or physical disabilities, afflictions, or diseases.
<br />(Section 4.635 amended by Ordinance No. 17256, enacted February 24, 1975; Ordinance No.
<br />19970, enacted July 11, 1994; and Ordinance No. 20264, enacted November 12, 2002,
<br />effective December 12, 2002.)
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<br />4.640 Human Rights - Engaging in Reprisal or Retaliation
<br />. It shall be an unlawful
<br />practice for any person to penalize or discriminate in a manner prohibited by sections
<br />4.613 to 4.640 or to engage in a reprisal or retaliation against an individual because that
<br />individual in good faith has opposed the use of a practice forbidden by sections 4.613 to
<br />4.640, or has filed a complaint, testified, assisted or participated in an investigation,
<br />proceedings, or hearing under sections 4.613 to 4.640, or has attempted to do so.
<br />(Section 4.640 amended by Ordinance No. 19970, enacted July 11, 1994.)
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