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Chapter 12 Civil Rights.
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<br />Sections 12-23 – 12-49 Reserved.
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<br />AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY
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<br />Sec. 12-50. - Title.
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<br />This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Orange County Non-Discrimination Ordinance.
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<br />Sec. 12-51. – Policy and Severability.
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<br />(a) It is the policy of Orange County not to enter into a contract with any business, company, or
<br />firm that has discriminated in the solicitation, selection, hiring or treatment of vendors, suppliers,
<br />subcontractors or commercial customers against a Protected Class, or on the basis of any otherwise
<br />unlawful use of individual or personal characteristics regarding such vendor's, suppliers,
<br />commercial customers, employees, or owners in connection with a county contract or solicitation;
<br />provided that nothing in this non-discrimination policy shall prohibit or limit otherwise lawful
<br />efforts to remedy the effects of discrimination that has occurred or is occurring in the marketplace.
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<br />1. It is the policy of Orange County that every Orange County created contract and subcontract for
<br />goods or services shall contain a non-discrimination clause that prohibits discrimination as that
<br />term is defined herein.
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<br />(b) It is further the policy of Orange County that discrimination has no place in Orange County, North
<br />Carolina and it is the intent of this ordinance to provide uniform legal protection to individuals in all
<br />Protected Classes, making it unlawful for any person to discriminate in housing, public accommodations,
<br />and transportation.
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<br />(c) Should any provision of this Ordinance be found to be unconstitutional by a court of law such provision
<br />shall be severed from the remainder of the Ordinance and such action shall not affect the enforceability
<br />of the remaining provisions of the Ordinance.
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<br />Sec. 12-52. - Definitions.
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<br />(a) Discrimination means any disadvantage, difference, or distinction in the solicitation, selection,
<br />hiring, service to, or treatment of a vendor, supplier, subcontractor, or customer on the basis of
<br />Protected Class status or on the basis of any otherwise unlawful use of personal or individual
<br />characteristics.
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<br />(b) Housing and public accommodations have the same common meaning as those terms are defined in the
<br />Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance.
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<br />(c) Person means any individual, business, or company, regardless of organizational structure, providing
<br />for profit goods, facilities, services, accommodations, transportation, or access to the general public.
<br />(d) Protected Class means age (as defined in the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance), race, ethnicity,
<br />color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender
<br />expression, marital status, familial status, source of income, disability, political affiliation, veteran
<br />status, disabled veteran status.
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<br />(e) Public Accommodation has the same meaning as that term is defined in the Orange County Civil Rights
<br />Ordinance except that for purposes of this Ordinance Public Accommodation includes:
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<br />1. Transportation companies and transportation providers operating company-owned or privately-
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