Item A: Listening Session with Human Rights Commission

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a cause of action in any court of competent jurisdiction for damages and such other remedies as may be appropriate. Such persons shall be subject to the procedural limitations that apply to similar grievances under state law, as provided in ORS 659A.870 to 659A.885. The court may grant such relief as it deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, such relief as is provided in ORS 659A.885. (Section 4.645 amended by Ordinance No. 17256, enacted February 24, 1975; by Ordinance No. 17479, enacted November 24, 1975; Ordinance No. 19970, enacted July 11, 1994; and Ordinance No. 20264, enacted November 12, 2002, effective December 12, 2002.) 4.650 Human Rights - Limitation of Action . No complaint shall be accepted nor action taken unless filed within one year from the date of the occurrence of the alleged unlawful practice. Where the alleged unlawful practice is of a continuing nature the limitation period shall not commence to run until the unlawful practice has ceased. (Section 4.650 amended by Ordinance No. 17479, enacted November 24, 1975; and Ordinance No. 19970, enacted May 11, 1994.) 4.655 Human Rights - Exemption . In addition to any specific exemptions set forth in sections 4.613 to 4.650 of this code, it shall not be unlawful for a person to fail to comply with sections 4.613 to 4.650: (a) When compliance would substantially burden a person's exercise of religion; and (b) When exempting that person from the application of sections 4.613 to 4.650 of this code would not impede the objectives sought to be advanced by those sections, as described in section 4.613 of this code. (Section 4.655 added by Ordinance No. 19970, enacted July 11, 1994.