When used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section:
ADMINISTRATOR: The individual designated by the Board of Commissioners as the City Administrator.
COMMITTEE: A committee appointed by the Board of Commissioners for the purpose of implementing this fair housing Chapter.
DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICE: An act that is unlawful under Section 5-4-3 of this Chapter.
DWELLING: Any building, structure or portion thereof which is occupied as or designed and intended for occupancy as a residence by one or more families and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure or portion thereof.
FAMILY: Includes a single individual.
PERSON: Includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, fiduciaries and any other organization or entity of whatever character.
RENT: Includes to lease, to sublease, to let and otherwise to grant, for a consideration, the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant. (Ord. 656, 11-21-78)
A. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the City to bring about through fair, orderly and lawful procedures, the opportunity for each person to obtain housing without regard to his race, color, religion, national origin, familial status or sex.
B. It is further declared that this policy is grounded upon a recognition of the inalienable right to each individual to provide for himself and his family a dwelling according to his own choosing, and further, that the denial of such rights through considerations based upon race, color, religion, national origin, familial status or sex is detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City and constitutes an unjust denial or deprivation of such inalienable right which is within the power and the proper responsibility of government to prevent. (Ord. 656, 11-21-78; 1994 Code)
A. Discrimination in the Sale or Rental of Housing: Except as exempted by Section 5-4-5 of this Chapter, it shall be unlawful:
1. To refuse to sell or rent, after the making of a bona fide offer or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of or otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, familial status or sex.
2. To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because of race, color, religion, national origin, familial status or sex.
3. To make, print or publish or cause to be made, printed or published any notice, statement or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation or discrimination.
4. To represent to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, familial status or sex that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale or rental when such dwelling is in fact so available.
5. For profit, or with the hope or expectation of profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person of a particular race, color, religion, national origin, familial status or sex.
B. Discrimination in the Financing of Housing: It shall be unlawful for any bank, building and loan association, insurance company or other corporation, association, firm or enterprise whose business consists in whole or in part in the making of commercial real estate loans, to deny a loan or other financial assistance to a person applying therefor for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling or to discriminate against him in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of such loan or other financial assistance because of the race, color, religion, national origin, familial status or sex of such person or of any person associated with him in connection with such loan or other financial assistance of the present or prospective owners, lessees, tenants or occupants of the dwelling in relation to which such loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given.
C. Discrimination in the Provision of Brokerage Services: It shall be unlawful to deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple listing service, real estate broker organization or other service, organization or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings or to discriminate against him in the terms or conditions of such access, membership or participation on account of race, color, religion, national origin, familial status or sex. (Ord. 656, 11-21-78; 1994 Code)
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