Title 8 - Human Rights
8.10 Civil Rights
8.10.020 Definitions
The definitions contained within the Kansas Act Against Discrimination, K.S.A. 44-1001 et seq., and amendments thereto, and Overland Park Municipal Code Section 1.04.010, and amendments thereto, shall apply to this Chapter unless a term is specifically defined herein. For purposes of this Chapter, certain terms shall be interpreted or defined as follows unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Place of Public Accommodation shall include every establishment within the city that is open to the general public and offers any product, service or facility. The term Place of Public Accommodation shall include, but not be limited to, all taverns, hotels, motels, apartment hotels, apartment houses with one or more tenant units, restaurants or any place where food or beverages are sold, retail and wholesale establishments, theaters, motion picture houses, museums, bowling alleys, golf courses and all public conveyances, as well as the stations or terminals thereof. The term Place of Public Accommodation shall not include any establishment operated by a Nonprofit Fraternal or Social Association/Corporation, or bona fide civic, political or religious organization, which restricts its products, facilities and services to the members of such association/corporation or organization, their guests, or individuals who promote the principles for which the association/corporation or organization is established or maintained.
Effective on: 1/1/1901