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DISCRIMINATIONS IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONSAUSTIN CITY CODE CHAPTER 5-2CITY OF AUSTIN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONSEPTEMBER 23, 2019POLICYIt is the policy of the City to bring about through fair, orderly and lawful procedures, the opportunity of each person to obtain goods and services in a public accommodation without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability.DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS -AUSTIN CITY CODE CHAPTER 5-2 -AUSTIN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -9/23/20192POLICYThis policy recognizes that individuals possess the right to obtain goods and services in a public accommodation without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability. This policy also recognizes that denying such rights because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability: is detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City and constitutes an unjust denial or deprivation of these inalienable rights within the power and the proper responsibility of government to prevent. DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS -AUSTIN CITY CODE CHAPTER 5-2 -AUSTIN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -9/23/20193DISCRIMINATION The direct or indirect exclusion, distinction, segregation, limitation, refusal, denial or any other differentiation in the treatment of a person because of the individual’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability in a public accommodation. DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS -AUSTIN CITY CODE CHAPTER 5-2 -AUSTIN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -9/23/20194PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONan inn, hotel, motel or other lodging establishment for transient guests, excluding an establishment: located in a building with five or less rooms for rent or hire and occupied by the owner or operation as a primary residence;a restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including a facility located on the premises of a retail establishment or a gasoline station;a movie theatre, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment;DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS -AUSTIN CITY CODE CHAPTER 5-2 -AUSTIN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -9/23/20195PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONa bar, tavern, pub, drinking establishment, or facility where alcoholic beverages are served for consumption on the premises;a retail establishment that sells goods or services; andan establishment within an establishment and an establishment which holds itself out as serving patrons of a covered establishment. DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS -AUSTIN CITY CODE CHAPTER 5-2 -AUSTIN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -9/23/20196REQUIRESA person, including the owner, operator, or lessee of a public accommodation must providefull and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a public accommodation, without discrimination or segregation because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability.DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS -AUSTIN CITY CODE CHAPTER 5-2 -AUSTIN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -9/23/20197PROHIBITSA person, including the owner, operator, or lessee of a public accommodation may not directly or indirectly exclude, segregate, limit, refuse or deny a person the accommodations, advantages, facilities, benefits, privileges, services, or goods of the public accommodation because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age, or disability.DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS -AUSTIN CITY CODE CHAPTER 5-2 -AUSTIN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -9/23/20198PROHIBITSA person, including the owner, operator, or lessee of a public accommodation, may not circulate, issue, display, post, mail, or publish a statement, advertisement, or sign that indicates that the: accommodations, advantages, facilities, benefits, privileges, services, or goods will be denied to an individual because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age, or disability, or that the patronage or presence of an individual is objectionable, unwelcome, unacceptable, undesirable, or unsolicited because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age or disability. DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS -AUSTIN CITY CODE CHAPTER 5-2 -AUSTIN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -9/23/20199