§ 3.07.61. Community relations commission: definitions.

The following words when used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

(A)

"Discrimination" means any difference in treatment based on race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, marital status, religious belief, age, or disability.

(B)

"Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustee, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, labor organizations, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, fiduciaries, and other organized groups of persons.

(C)

"Employer" includes any person employing one or more persons within the City of Athens and any person acting in the interest of an employer, directly or indirectly.

(D)

"Employee" does not include any individual employed in the domestic service of any person.

(E)

"Familial" means one or more individuals (who have not attained the age of 18 years) being domiciled with:

(1)

A parent or another person having legal custody of such individual or individuals; or

(2)

The designee of such parent or other person having such custody, with the written permission of such parent or other person. The protections afforded against discrimination on the basis of familial status shall apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the age of 18 years.

(F)

"Labor organization" includes any organization which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or for other mutual aid or protection in relation to employment.

(G)

"Commission" means the Community Relations Commission of the City of Athens.

(H)

"Council" means the City Council of Athens, Ohio.

(I)

"Place of public accommodations" means any inn, restaurant, eating house, barbershop, public conveyance by air, land, or water, theater, store, or other place for sale of merchandise, or any other place of public accommodation or amusement where the accommodation, advantages, facilities, or privileges thereof are available to the public.

(J)

"Housing accommodation" means:

(1)

Any building, structure, or portion thereof which is used or occupied as the home, residence, or sleeping place of one or more human beings; or

(2)

A parcel or parcels of real estate or any lot or lots, available for the building of home, residence, or dwelling.

(3)

Unit shall denote that portion of a housing structure, which may be the entire structure, that is occupied by an individual, group or family for the purposes stated herein.

(4)

Rooming house shall be deemed to contain as many units as there are unrelated individuals occupying separate space therein.

(K)

"Dwelling" means any building or portion thereof designated or used as the residence of one or more human beings.

(L)

"Gender identity or expression" means having or being perceived as having gender-related identity, expression, appearance, or behavior, whether or not that identity, expression, appearance, or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the sex assigned to that individual at birth.

(Ord. No. 0-77-10, § I, 7-19-2010; Ord. No. 0-129-13, § I, 12-2-2013)