The term “place of public accommodation” shall include
every business within the city which is open to the general public
and offers for compensation any product, service or facility. The
term “place of public accommodation” shall include, but
not be limited to, all taverns, hotels, motels, restaurants or any
place where food or beverages are sold, retail and wholesale establishments,
hospitals, theaters, motion picture houses, museums, bowling alleys,
golf courses, billiard parlors, gas stations, garages, restrooms,
baths, barbershops, beauty parlors, swimming pools, skating rinks,
meeting rooms and halls, and all public conveyances operated on land,
air or water as well as the stations or terminals thereof.
(1959 Code, sec. 19-20.4; Ordinance 7762, sec. 1, adopted 11/9/1978; 1983 Code, sec. 14-1)
(a) It
shall be unlawful for any person or any agent, servant, or employee
thereof within the city to refuse, deny or withhold from any person
for any reason directly or indirectly relating to the race, color,
sex, age, physical handicap, religion, ethnic background or national
origin of such person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities
or services offered to the general public by places of public accommodation.
(b) It
shall be unlawful for any place of public accommodation to commit
the prohibited acts stated above under the guise of entrance requirements,
dress codes or identification requirements.
(c) It
shall be unlawful for any place of public accommodation to have entrance
requirements, dress codes or identification requirements for patrons,
customers, participants, visitors or guests unless such requirements
are clearly posted at all public entrances to such building, room
or facility.
(1959 Code, sec. 19-20.4; Ordinance 7762, sec. 1, adopted 11/9/1978; 1983 Code, sec. 14-4)
(a) No place shall be deemed to be a place of public accommodation which is owned or operated by a bona fide private club or institution whose merchandise, facilities or services are restricted to its members and their guests (provided such club or institution is not conducted for the purpose of evading section
8.02.002), nor by any bona fide religious, racial, denominational or ethnic institution or organization not organized for profit nor by any organization operated for charitable or educational purposes and not organized for profit.
(b) Nothing
in this article shall be contrary to state law in regards to entrance
by persons below the age prohibited by state law or contrary to state
health regulations.
(1959 Code, sec. 19-20.4; Ordinance 7762, sec. 1, adopted 11/9/1978; 1983 Code, sec. 14-2)
This article shall neither add to nor detract from any civil
remedies now available to persons subject to racial or religious discrimination.
(1959 Code, sec. 19-20.4; Ordinance 7762, sec. 1, adopted 11/9/1978; 1983 Code, sec. 14-3)