Sponsor
Aldermen DeHahn and Maack
Title
Ordinance No. 10-08
To repeal and recreate Chapter 62, Article II of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, Wisconsin, being an Article of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine relating to discrimination.
The Common Council of the City of Racine do ordain as follows:
Part 1:
ARTICLE II. DISCRIMINATION
Sec. 62-26. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Accommodation means and includes any room, apartment, house, building, or structure, any part of which is used for human habitation on a temporary or permanent basis. Accommodation does not include lodging for transient guests, but requires an intent to return or an absence of an alternative place of residence.
Aggrieved person means a person who claims to have been injured by discrimination or believes that he or she will be injured by discrimination that is about to occur.
Commission means the Affirmative Action and Human Rights Commission.
Commissioner means a member of the Affirmative Action and Human Rights Commission.
Complainant means any person who files a complaint with the commission pursuant to the provisions of this article.
Conciliation means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint, or by the investigation of such complaint, through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent, and the Commission.
Conciliation agreement means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation.
Covered multifamily housing means housing that is first ready for occupancy on or after March 13, 1991 in buildings consisting of three or more units if such buildings have one or more elevators and ground floor units in other buildings consisting of three or more units.
Department means the City of Racine Fair Housing Department, unless...
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