HomeMy WebLinkAbout2746 AMC 3.08 & AMC 10.110ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3.08.010, 3.08.040,
10.110.010 AND 10.110.030 OF THE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE
TO CONFORM TO THE CITY'S EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING
ORDINANCES AND POLICIES PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION ON
THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND DISABILITY
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3.08.010.A.4 of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
3.08.010 PURPOSE. A. Statement of Purpose. The purpose of these general
policies is to maintain a high level of support for efficient and effective City
service through systematic and uniform application of professional personnel
practices. The fundamental objectives of these policies are to:
4. Provide fair and equal opportunity to all persons who enter
City service, regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual
orientation, age, religious, or political belief through proper personnel
administration.
SECTION 2. Section 3.08.040.A.7 of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
7. No question in any application form, test or interview or by
appointing authority shall be framed as to attempt to elicit information
concerning race, color, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin,
political or religious affiliation.
SECTION 3. Section 10.110.010 of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
10.110.010 Declaration of policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of
Ashland, Oregon, in the exercise of its policy power for the public safety, public
health, and general welfare to assure equal opportunity to all persons to live in
decent housing facilities regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, national origin or familial status and, to that end, to prohibit
discrimination in housing by any persons.
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SECTION 4. Section 10.110.030.A of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to
read'
A. Refuse to sell, rent or lease, or deny to or withhold any housing
accommodation from a person because of race, color, religion, national origin,
disability, sex, sexual orientation or familial status; or
The foregoing ordinance was first READ on the /,¢~'A day of
and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this /~a,~: day of'~~~, 1994.
,1994,
Nan E./~ranklin, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this ,~V~day of )~~ 1994.
Catherine M. Golden, Mayor
Paul Nolte, City Attorney
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