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<br /> <br />Chapter 12 Civil Rights. <br /> <br />Sections 12-23 – 12-49 Reserved. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION THROUGHOUT ORANGE <br />COUNTY <br /> <br />Sec. 12-50. - Title. <br /> <br />This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Orange County Non-Discrimination <br />Ordinance. <br /> <br />Sec. 12-51. – Policy and Severability. <br /> <br />(a) It is the policy of Orange County not to enter into a contract with any business, company, <br />or firm that has discriminated in the solicitation, selection, hiring or treatment of vendors, <br />suppliers, subcontractors or commercial customers against a Protected Class, or on the basis <br />of any otherwise unlawful use of individual or personal characteristics regarding such <br />vendor's, suppliers, commercial customers, employees, or owners in connection with a <br />county contract or solicitation; provided that nothing in this non-discrimination policy shall <br />prohibit or limit otherwise lawful efforts to remedy the effects of discrimination that has <br />occurred or is occurring in the marketplace. <br /> <br />1. It is the policy of Orange County that every Orange County created contract and <br />subcontract for goods or services shall contain a non-discrimination clause that prohibits <br />discrimination as that term is defined herein. <br /> <br />(b) It is further the policy of Orange County that discrimination has no place in Orange County, <br />North Carolina and it is the intent of this ordinance to provide uniform legal protection to <br />individuals in all Protected Classes, making it unlawful for any person to discriminate in <br />housing, public accommodations, and transportation. <br /> <br />(c) Should any provision of this Ordinance be found to be unconstitutional by a court of law such <br />provision shall be severed from the remainder of the Ordinance and such action shall not affect <br />the enforceability of the remaining provisions of the Ordinance. <br /> <br />Sec. 12-52. - Definitions. <br /> <br />(a) Discrimination means any disadvantage, difference, or distinction in the solicitation, <br />selection, hiring, service to, or treatment of a vendor, supplier, subcontractor, or customer <br />on the basis of Protected Class status or on the basis of any otherwise unlawful use of personal <br />or individual characteristics. <br /> <br />(b) Housing and public accommodations have the same common meaning as those terms are <br />defined in the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance. <br /> <br />(c) Person means any individual, business, or company, regardless of organizational structure, <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: B2D44CC3-6321-4EF3-AFC6-547186A1261E