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30 <br /> Sec. 12-54.-Prohibited acts. <br /> (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to deny any person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, <br /> services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation <br /> on the basis of Protected Class status or on the basis of any otherwise unlawful use of individual or <br /> personal characteristics. <br /> (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to make, print, circulate, post, mail or otherwise cause to be <br /> published a statement, advertisement, or sign which indicates that the full and equal enjoyment of the <br /> transportation, access, goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a <br /> place of public accommodation will be refused, withheld from, or denied any person on the basis <br /> of Protected Class status or on the basis of any otherwise unlawful use of individual or personal <br /> characteristics, or that any person's patronage of or presence at a place of public accommodation is <br /> objectionable, unwelcome, unacceptable, or undesirable on the basis of Protected Class status or on <br /> the basis of any otherwise unlawful use of individual or personal characteristics; provided, however, this <br /> section does not apply to a private club or other establishment not,in fact,open to the public. <br /> (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly: <br /> 1. Perform or attempt to perform any act which directly or indirectly results in an individual's bodily <br /> injury or property damage where such act is directed at an individual or a group of individuals <br /> because of that person's or that group's perceived or actual Protected Class status or on the basis <br /> of any otherwise unlawful use of individual or personal characteristics. <br /> 2. Solicit, encourage, compensate, assist, or conspire with another to perform or attempt to perform <br /> any act which directly or indirectly results in an individual's bodily injury or property damage <br /> where such act is directed at an individual or a group of individuals because of that person's or that <br /> group's perceived or actual Protected Class status or on the basis of any otherwise unlawful use <br /> of individual or personal characteristics. <br /> (d) No person shall be found to have violated this Ordinance solely on the basis of the content of any speech <br /> or communication used by such person. <br /> Sec. 12-55. Exemptions. <br /> (a) All applicable exemptions found in Section 12-11 of the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance <br /> related to housing shall apply to alleged violations of Section 12-54 of this Ordinance. <br /> Sec. 12-56. Investigation,Enforcement,and Remedy. <br /> (a) Sections 12-16 through and including 12-21 of the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance shall be <br /> followed and adhered to during the investigation of any alleged violation of this Ordinance. Any <br /> remedies available through said sections of the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance shall be <br /> available hereunder. <br />