Nothing in this article shall:
(A) Bar any religious or denominational institution or organization which is operated or supervised or controlled by or is operated in connection with a religious or denominational organization from limiting admission to or giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination, or from making selections of buyers, leasees or tenants as are calculated by the organization or denomination to promote the religious or denominational principles for which it is established or maintained unless membership in the religious or denominational organization is restricted on account of race, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth or condition related to childbirth or pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity.
(B) Apply to rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of the living quarters as his or her residence.
(C) Apply to public rest rooms, public showers, public dressing facilities or sleeping quarters in public institutions where the preference or limitation is based on sex.
(D) Apply to private living quarters where the preference or limitation is based on sex; and
(E) Bar a landlord from moving on to a different applicant if an agency providing housing support requiring a Housing Quality Standards ("HQS") inspection fails to complete the initial inspection within five business days after notification that a prospective tenant has selected a unit; or, if re-inspection is required, fails to complete the re-inspection within five business days of receiving notification that repairs have been completed, provided the landlord makes a good faith effort to schedule the inspection with the agency.
(F) Be construed to require a governmental entity or a public contractor to provide services or programs beyond services or programs to the specific populations that the governmental entity or public contractor is tasked with serving.
('74 Code, § 12-3-12) (Ord. 106-1973; Am. Ord. 2022-023; Am. Ord. 2024-010)