The following words and phrases, when appearing in this chapter,
shall have the meanings given to them under this section:
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR HOUSING[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 391]
(1)
Any building, structure or facility, or portion thereof, which
is used, occupied or is intended, arranged or designed to be used
or occupied for the purpose of operating a business, an office, a
manufactory or any public accommodation;
(2)
Any building, structure, mobile home site or facility, or portion
thereof, which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or designed
to be used or occupied as the home residence or sleeping place of
one or more individuals, groups or families whether or not living
independently of each other; and
(3)
Any vacant land offered for sale, lease or held for the purpose
of constructing or locating thereon any such building, structure,
mobile home site, facility, business concern or public accommodation.
DISCRIMINATION
Any unlawful discriminatory act(s) taken by any person, employer,
entity, employment agency, or labor organization, with respect to
or involving a transaction related to employment, public accommodations,
employment, publicly offered commercial property or housing accommodations
on the basis of a person's actual or perceived race, color, religious
creed, ancestry, sex, national origin, familial status, marital status,
genetic information, source of income, status as a returning citizen,
veteran status, non-job-related disability or use of guide or support
animals because of blindness, deafness or mental or physical disability
of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support
or guide animals, or because of an individual's sexual orientation,
gender identity or gender expression.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 391]
DISCRIMINATORY ACTS
All acts or actions defined in the Pennsylvania Human Relations
Act as unlawful discriminatory practices as related to employment,
public accommodations, publicly offered commercial property or housing
accommodations on the basis of a person's actual or perceived
race, color, religious creed, ancestry, sex, national origin, familial
status, marital status, genetic information, source of income, status
as a returning citizen, veteran status, non-job-related disability
or use of guide or support animals because of blindness, deafness
or mental or physical disability of the user or because the user is
a handler or trainer of support or guide animals, or because of an
individual's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 391]
EMPLOYEE
Does not include any individuals who, as a part of their
employment, reside in the personal residence of the employer.
EMPLOYER
Any person who employs four or more employees, including
the Township, its departments, boards and commissions, and any other
government agency within the jurisdiction of the Township, save those
of any government agency whose laws may be deemed preemptive of this
chapter.
GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION
Self-perception, or perception by others, as male or female,
including an individual's appearance, behavior, or physical characteristics,
that may be in accord with, or opposed to, one's physical anatomy,
chromosomal sex, or assigned sex at birth, and shall include, but
is not limited to, persons who are undergoing or who have completed
sex reassignment, are transgender or gender-variant.
ORDINANCE
This chapter, which shall be referred to as the "Whitpain
Township Human Relations Ordinance."
PERSON
Any natural person, fraternal, civic or other membership
organization, corporation, general or limited partnership, proprietorship,
limited liability company, or similar business organization, including
the Township, its departments, boards and commissions, and any other
for-profit and nonprofit organization.
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
The opportunity for an individual to access food, beverages
or lodging, resort or amusement which is open to, accepts or solicits
the patronage of the general public, but shall not include any accommodations
which are in their nature distinctly private.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Whitpain, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.