2.43.020 Definitions.
The definitions in the Kansas Acts Against Discrimination, K.S.A. 44-1001 to 44-1044; the Kansas Age Discrimination in Employment Act, K.S.A. 44-1111 to 44-1121; and the Discrimination Against Military Personnel Act, K.S.A. 44-1125 to 44-1128; all as may be amended, shall apply to this chapter unless specifically defined herein. In addition, the following words and phrases shall have these meanings when used in this chapter:
“Aggrieved person” means any person who has a good faith belief that they were injured by an unlawfully discriminatory practice.
“Complainant” means any aggrieved person who has filed a complaint alleging that they were injured by an unlawfully discriminatory practice.
“Employee” means any person employed by an employer, but does not include any person employed by such person’s parents, spouse or child, nor an independent contractor.
“Employer” means any individual or entity in this City employing ten (10) or more employees; and, any person acting directly or indirectly for an employer, labor organizations, nonsectarian organizations, organizations engaged in social service work, but does not include a religious organization, political organization, or a nonprofit fraternal, civic, or social association.
“Gender identity” means one’s perceived or actual gender related identity, regardless of one’s sex designated at birth. It can be described as cisgender or transgender.
“Hearing officer” means any person designated as a hearing officer by the City Manager or designee.
“Investigator” means the Community Relations Manager or any other person designated as an investigator by the City Manager.
“Nonprofit fraternal, civic, or social association” means an association or fraternal organization* that meets all the following requirements:
(1) It is organized in good faith for social or fraternal purposes;
(2) Membership entails the payment of bona fide initiation fees or regular dues;
(3) There exists a regularly established means of self-government by the members thereof clearly set forth in a constitution or by-laws adopted by the membership;
(4) There is a regularly established means of and criteria for admitting members and for expulsion of members by the existing membership or by their duly elected or appointed delegates; and
(5) It is not operated, directly or indirectly, for purposes of profit for any individual or groups of individuals other than the membership as a whole.
“Public accommodation” means any establishment that is open to the public and offers goods, services, facilities, or accommodations to the public. Public accommodations include, but are not limited to, any lodging establishment or food service establishment, as defined by K.S.A. 36-501 and amendments thereto; any bar, tavern, barbershop, beauty parlor, theater, skating rink, bowling alley, billiard parlor, amusement park, recreation park, swimming pool, lake, gymnasium, mortuary or cemetery which is open to the public; or any public transportation facility, but does not include any establishment owned or operated by a nonprofit fraternal, social, or civic association, or a political or religious organization.
“Religious organization” includes, but is not limited to, churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, nondenominational ministries, interdenominational and ecumenical organizations, mission organizations, faith-based social agencies, and other entities whose principal purpose is the study or advancement of religious practice or religious teaching.
“Rental housing” means any real property intended to be offered for lease, sublease, or any other arrangement whereby a person is granted the right to occupy premises not owned by such occupant in exchange for payment or other consideration, but does not include any real property owned or operated by a religious organization, political organization, or a nonprofit fraternal, civic, or social association.
“Respondent” means the person against whom a complaint alleging discrimination has been filed with the City.
“Sexual orientation” means one’s perceived or actual emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to other people. (Ord. 19-77 § 2, 2019.)