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<br /> Chapter 12 Civil Rights.
<br /> Sections 12-23— 12-49 Reserved.
<br /> AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY
<br /> Sec. 12-50.-Title.
<br /> This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Orange County Non-Discrimination Ordinance.
<br /> Sec. 12-51.—Policy and Severability.
<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.
<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.
<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.
<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.
<br /> Sec. 12-52.-Definitions.
<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.
<br /> (b) Housing and public accommodations have the same common meaning as those terms are defined in the
<br /> Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance.
<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.
<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:
<br /> 1. Transportation companies and transportation providers operating company-owned or privately-
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