The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that every person within the City has the right to seek employment without undue discrimination. Discriminatory employment practices are detrimental because they impede the social and economic progress of the City by preventing all of the City’s citizens from contributing to or fully participating in the cultural, spiritual, social and commercial life of the community, which is essential to the growth and vitality of the City’s neighborhoods and businesses. While the Utah Anti-Discrimination Act, Utah Code Section 34A-5-101 at seq. addresses employment-related discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or pregnancy-related conditions, national origin, age and disability, it does not address discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. It is further the purpose of this chapter to provide a clear and comprehensive mandate for the prevention and elimination of discrimination in employment in the City against individuals based upon sexual orientation or gender identity and this chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve that purpose. (Ord. 10-24, 2010)