The following
words and phrases, when appearing in this chapter, shall have the
meanings given to them under this section:
CHAPTER
This chapter, the "Montgomery Township Human Relations Ordinance."
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR HOUSING
The opportunity for an individual to obtain any commercial
property or housing accommodation for which he or she is qualified.
DISCRIMINATION
Any 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,
publicly offered commercial property or housing accommodations, on
the basis of a person's actual or perceived race, color, age, religious
creed, ancestry, sex, national origin, handicap or use of guide or
support animals because of blindness, deafness or physical handicap
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.
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, actual or perceived race, color, age, religious creed,
ancestry, sex, national origin, handicap or use of guide or support
animals because of blindness, deafness or physical handicap of the
user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide
animals; or, though not set forth in the Pennsylvania Human Relations
Act, because of an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity
or gender expression.
EMPLOYEE
The term does not include any individuals who, as a part
of their employment, reside in the personal residence of the employer.
EMPLOYER
The term includes the Township, its departments, boards and
commissions, any other governmental agency or school district thereof,
and any person employing four or more persons within the Township,
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.
EMPLOYMENT
The opportunity for an individual to obtain employment for
which he or she is qualified.
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 ordinance, which shall be referred to as the "Montgomery
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.