8410-93 Amending Article 9 of Chapter 2 Human Rights Ordinance

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1 ai , • c • r p , ORDINANCE NO. O 4e/D- /3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND AMENDING ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE, ENTITLED "HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE" STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT This Ordinance was comprehensively amended in July 1992, among other reasons, to conform South Bend' s anti-discrimination law to the federal Fair Housing Act, thereby providing citizens of South Bend with rights and remedies substantially equivalent to those granted under federal and state law. However, the South Bend amendments of 1992 did not include certain specific provisions of the Fair Housing Act, necessitating further amendment of the Ordinance at this time. Moreover, when this Ordinance was amended in July 1992, the definition of "handicapped" was expanded to parallel the definition of "disability" under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) , yet the term "handicapped" was retained in South Bend' s Ordinance. Because federal and Indiana state law uniformly use the terms "disabled" or "disability, " it is preferable to substitute in this Ordinance the more uniformly applied term "disabled" for the previously used term "handicapped. " This Ordinance, as amended, will fully provide to the citizens of the City of South Bend the substantial equivalent of rights and remedies granted under federal and Indiana state law. It will also substitute the more commonly used terms "disabled" or "disability" for the previously used term of "handicapped. " NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: SECTION I . Chapter 2, Article 9, Section 2-126, 2-127, 2-128, 2- 129, 2-130, 2-131 and 2-132, of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, 1976, Ordinance No. 6003-76, as amended in 1992, Ordinance No. 8277-92 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows : Section 2-126 . Short Title. This article shall be know as the South Bend Human Rights Ordinance . Section 2-127 . Purpose. (a) It is the public policy of the City of South Bend to provide all of its citizens equal opportunity for education, employment, access to public conveniences and accommodations, and acquisition through purchase or rental of real property, including but not limited to housing, and to eliminate segregation or separation based solely on race, religion, color, sex, handicap disability, national origin or ancestry, and familial status in housing, since such segregation is an impediment to equal opportunity. Equal education and employment opportunities and equal access to and use of public accommodations and equal opportunity for acquisition of real