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ORDINANCE NO. 5619 -73 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 11, SECTIONS 2 -51 THROUGH 2 -62 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, 1971, REDESIGNATED BY ORDINANCE NO. 5390 -72 AS ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE, BY THE SUBSTITUTION OF A NEW ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER 2 ESTABLISHING THE SOUTH BEND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend: SECTION i. Article 11 of Chapter 2 of the Municipal Code of South Bend, Indiana, 1971, adopted by the Common Council on December 13, 1965, and redesignated as Article 9 of Chapter 2 by Ordinance No. 5390 -72, is hereby amended by the substitution of the following new Article 9: Rights Ordinance. ARTICLE 9 SOUTH BEND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Sec. 2 -51 Short Title of Article This Article shall be known as the South Bend Human Sec. 2 -52 Purpose (a) It is the public policy of the City of South Bend to provide all of its citizens equal opportunity for education, employ- ment, access to public conveniences and accomodations 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, national origin or ancestry, since such segregation is an impediment to equal opportunity. Equal educa- tion and employment opportunities and equal access to and use of public accomodations and equal opportunity for acquisition of real property are hereby declared to be civil rights. (b) The practice of denying these rights to properly qualified persons by reason of the race, religion, color, sex, national origin or ancestry of such person is contrary to the principles of freedom and equality of opportunity and is a burden to the objectives of the public policy of this City and shall be considered as discrimi- natory practices. The promotion of equal opportunity without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin or ancestry through reasonable methods is the purpose of Ordinance No. 4992 -68. (c) It is also the public policy of this City to protect employers, labor organizations, employment agencies, property owners, real estate brokers, builders and lending institutions from unfounded charges of discrimination. (d) It is hereby declared to be contrary to the public policy of the City of South Bend and an unlawful practice for any person, for profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, religion, color, sex, national origin or ancestry.