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UNLAWFUL PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS PRACTICES

Jacksonville Ordinance Code tit. XI, ch. 406, pt. 2
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Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 406.201 Unlawful practice.

Sec. 406.201. - Unlawful practice. It shall be unlawful to engage in any of the following acts because of an individual's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, disability, marital status, or familial status. (a) To refuse, withhold or deny to a person any services, access, advantages, goods, facilities or privileges of a public accommodation including the extension of credit; or (b) To publish, circulate, issue, display, post or mail and communication, notice or advertisement to the effect that accommodations, services, goods advantages, facilities are denied to a person or that the patronage of such person is unwelcome, objectionable, or unacceptable. (Ord. 2004-699-E, § 15; Ord. 2017-15-E, § 2; Ord. 2020-244-E, § 4)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 406.202 Reasonable accommodation.

Sec. 406.202. - Reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation in public accommodations shall include the obligation to take readily achievable measures to remove barriers to the disabled, such as moving, rearranging or removing such items as chairs, furniture or vending machines in order to provide convenient access to establishments, buildings, places or services. In determining responsibility for reasonable accommodation, the landlord shall be held responsible for making readily achievable changes and providing auxiliary aids, and services in common areas and for modifying policies, practices or procedures applicable to all tenants. The tenants shall be responsible for readily achievable changes, provisions or auxiliary aids, and modification of policies within its own place of public accommodation. The responsibility for particular obligations may be determined by contract. (Ord. 2004-699-E, § 15)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 406.203 Segregation.

Sec. 406.203. - Segregation. To segregate any public accommodation except where such segregation is caused by barriers to accessibility that are not required to be eliminated through reasonable accommodation. (Ord. 2004-699-E, § 15)
Source: City of Jacksonville, Ordinance Code and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/jacksonville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITXIEQOP_CH406PUAC_PT2UNPUACPRFetched: 10/27/2026

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