§ 14-302. Discrimination prohibited in business dealings with public.

It is unlawful for any person engaging or purporting to engage in business dealings with the public to discriminate against any person on account of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status or physical or mental handicap or serious medical condition, and for such persons so engaging or so purporting to engage in business dealings with the public, to publish, broadcast, circulate, issue, display or post or cause to be published, broadcasted, circulated, issued, displayed or posted within the county, any communication to the effect that any of the accommodations, merchandise, service, advantages, facilities or privileges offered by such person to the public shall be refused, withheld from or denied to any person on account of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status or physical or mental handicap or serious medical condition, or that the patronage of any person belonging to or purporting to be of any particular sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status or physical or mental handicap or serious medical condition is unwelcome, objectionable or not acceptable, desired or solicited.

(Code 1985, § 9.29.040; Ord. No. 02-245, § 16, 9-30-2014)