[Gen. Ords. 1959, §§ 58.8, 58.9; Ord. No. 10108, § 4, 12-20-2012[1]]
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Editor's Note: Amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(a) 
All persons within the City of Kirkwood are free and equal and shall be entitled to the full and equal use and enjoyment within the City at any place of public accommodation without discrimination or segregation on account of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, familial status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
(b) 
It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from or deny any other person or attempt to refuse, withhold from or deny any other person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, services, or privileges made available in any place of public accommodation as defined in § 12-71, or segregate or discriminate against any such person and the use thereof on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, familial status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
(c) 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a private club, place of accommodation owned by or operated on behalf of a religious corporation, association or society or other establishment which is not in fact open to the public, unless the facilities of such establishments are made available to the customers or patrons of a place of public accommodation as defined in § 12-71.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
All places or businesses offering or holding out to the general public goods, services, privileges, facilities, advantages or accommodations for the peace, comfort, health, welfare and safety of the general public or such public places providing food, shelter, recreation and amusement, including, but not limited to:
(a) 
Any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, other than an establishment located within a building which contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his residence.
(b) 
Any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail establishment.
(c) 
Any gasoline station, including all facilities located on the premises of such gasoline station and made available to the patrons thereof.
(d) 
Any motion-picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment.
(e) 
Any public facility owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of this state or any agency or subdivision thereof, or any public corporation; and any such facility supported in whole or in part by public funds.
(f) 
Any establishment which is physically located within the premises of any establishment otherwise covered by this section or within the premises of which is physically located any such covered establishment, and which holds itself out as serving patrons of such covered establishment.