As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
CHAPTER
This chapter, the Shippensburg Borough Antidiscrimination
Ordinance.
DISCRIMINATION
Any discriminatory act(s) taken by any person, employer,
employment agency, labor organization, or public accommodation on
the basis of race, color, familial status, religious creed, ancestry,
age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, handicap
or disability, or the use of a guide or support animal because of
the blindness, deafness or physical handicap of the user or because
the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals.
DISCRIMINATORY ACTS
All acts defined in the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act as unlawful discriminatory practices. The fact that the
Pennsylvania Human Relations Act would not define a practice as unlawful
when that practice is taken on the basis of actual or perceived sexual
orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, genetic information,
or marital status shall not exempt such practice from being considered
a discriminatory act under this chapter.
EMPLOYEE
Does not include any individuals who, as a part of their
employment, reside in the personal residence of the employer.
EMPLOYER
Includes the Borough of Shippensburg or any board, department,
or commission thereof and any person employing four or more persons
within the Borough; but, except as hereinafter provided, does not
include religious, fraternal, charitable or sectarian corporations
or associations, except such corporations or associations supported,
in whole or in part, by governmental appropriations. The term "employer"
with respect to discriminatory practices based on race, color, age,
sex, national origin or non-job-related handicap or disability includes
religious, fraternal, charitable and sectarian corporations and associations
employing four or more persons within the Borough.
PERSON
Includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations,
organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy
or receivers. It also includes, but is not limited to, any owner,
lessor, assignor, builder, manager, broker, salesman, agent, employee,
independent contractor, lending institution and the Borough of Shippensburg,
and all political subdivisions, authorities, boards and commissions
thereof.
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
Any accommodation, resort, or amusement which is open to,
accepts, or solicits the patronage of the general public or offers
goods or services, including loans, to the general public or is listed
in Section 4(l) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, 43 P.S. § 954(l),
but shall not include any accommodations which are in their nature
distinctly private.