Definitions applicable to the chapter.
Chandler City Code § 63-9
in effect63-9. - Definitions applicable to the chapter.
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
A. Age means at least forty (40) years of age.
B. Contractor means any person who has a contract with the City of Chandler.
C. Disability means:
1. A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities;
2. A record of such an impairment; or
3. Being regarded as having such an impairment.
Disability does not include the current illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance or the current use of alcohol that prevents an individual from performing the duties of the job in question or whose employment, by reason of such current alcohol use, would constitute a direct threat to the property or the safety of others.
Discrimination on the basis of disability shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.
D. Discriminate or discrimination means to engage in or make, directly or indirectly, any act, policy or practice that unfavorably subjects any person to different or separate treatment on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, marital status, or familial status. Discriminate or discrimination also includes unfavorable different or separate treatment of a person based on the person's association with someone of a certain race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, marital status, or familial status.
E. Discriminate because of sex includes discrimination based on actual or perceived gender, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
F. Discrimination complaint administrator means the person designated by the City Manager to investigate a complaint under this article.
G. Dwelling means:
1. Any building, structure or part of a building or structure that is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families;
2. Any vacant land that is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location of a building, structure or part of building or structure described by subsection (1) of this definition.
H. Employee means an individual employed for pay to perform services for an employer and whose job-related activities are controlled and directed by the employer for whom services are being performed.
I. Employer means any person employing six (6) or more employees in the City of Chandler in each of twenty (20) or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and includes any agent of such person.
J. Employment agency means any person regularly undertaking, with or without compensation, to procure, recruit, refer or place employees with an employer.
K. Familial status means a person is:
1. Pregnant;
2. A parent or other person having legal custody or who is in the process of securing legal custody of one or more individuals who are younger than eighteen (18) years and who are domiciled with such person;
3. The designee of such parent or other person having legal custody as described in subsection (2) with the written permission of the parent or other person.
L. Gender identity means an individual's actual or perceived gender-related identity, regardless of whether the identity is or is perceived to be different than the identity traditionally associated with the sex assigned to the individual at birth.
M. Marital status means the status of a person being unmarried, married, separated, widowed, or divorced.
N. Person means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations or corporations, legal representatives, trustees, receivers, or other organized groups of persons.
O. Place of public accommodation means facilities, establishments, accommodations, services or commodities offered to or enjoyed by the general public, including but not limited to public places where food or beverages are sold, public places operated for temporary lodging or for the benefit, use or accommodation of those seeking health or recreation and all establishments offering services, facilities, or goods to members of the general public or supported by government funds. Any dwelling, private club, or place which is in its nature distinctly private is not a place of public accommodation.
P. Religion means all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief. Discrimination on the basis of religion does not include a situation where an employer demonstrates that the employer is unable to reasonably accommodate an employee's or prospective employee's religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.
Q. Religious organization means a religious corporation, association or society or a school, college, university, or other educational institution or institution of learning if the institution is in whole or substantial part controlled, managed, owned, or supported by a religious corporation, association or society, or the curriculum of the institution is directed toward the propagation of a religion.
R. Sexual orientation means an individual's actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality.
S. Small business means a business with five (5) or fewer employees.
(Ord. No. 5039, § 2(Exh.), 12-5-22)
Source: City of Chandler, Arizona, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/az/chandler/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIXTALI_CH63NSC_ARTIIDIEQINEMPUACHO_63-9DEAPCHFetched: 11/1/2026