The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have
the meanings given to them in this section:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Churchill, County of Allegheny, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
DISCRIMINATION
Any discriminatory act(s) taken by any person, employer,
employment agency, labor organization or public accommodation on the
basis of actual or perceived race, color, sex, religion, ancestry,
genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity
or expression, familial status, marital status, age, mental or physical
disability, use of guide or support animals and/or mechanical aids.
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 expression, genetic information or
marital status shall not exempt such practice from being considered
a discriminatory act under this chapter.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Those postsecondary programs defined as educational institutions
pursuant to the Pennsylvania Fair Educational Opportunities Act, 24
P.S. § 5001 et seq.
EMPLOYEE
Does not include any individuals who, as a part of their
employment, reside in the personal residence of the employer.
EMPLOYER
Any person who employs one or more employees, including the
Borough, its departments, boards and commissions, and any other government
agency within its jurisdiction.
GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION
Self-perception, or perception by others, as male or female,
and shall include an individual's appearance, behavior, or physical
characteristics, that may be in accord with, or opposed to, one's
physical anatomy, chromosomal sex, or sex assigned at birth, and shall
include, but is not limited to, persons who are undergoing or have
completed sex reassignment, are transgendered or gender variant.
GENETIC INFORMATION
That information which is defined as genetic information
in the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, 42 U.S.C.
§ 2000ff.
HOUSING
(1)
Includes:
(a)
Any building, structure, mobile home site or facility, or portion
thereof, which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or designed
to be used or occupied as the home residence or sleeping place of
one or more individuals, groups or families whether or not living
independently of each other; and
(b)
Any vacant land offered for sale, lease or held for the purpose
of constructing or locating thereon any such building, structure,
mobile home site or facility.
(2)
The term "housing" shall not include any personal residence
offered for rent by the owner or lessee thereof or by his or her broker,
salesperson, agent or employee.
ORDINANCE
This chapter, which shall also be known as the "AntiDiscrimination
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 Borough, its departments, boards and commissions, and other for-profit
and nonprofit organizations.
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 (I) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, 43 P.S. § 954(1),
but shall not include any accommodations which are in their nature
distinctly private.