§ 157.03 EXEMPTIONS FROM UNLAWFUL HOUSING PRACTICES.
   Nothing in § 157.02 shall apply to:
   (A)   The rental of a housing accommodation in a building that contains housing accommodations for not more than two (2) families living independently of each other, if the owner or a member of his or her family resides in one (1) of the housing accommodations;
   (B)   The rental of a portion of a housing accommodation by the occupant of the housing accommodation, or by the owner of the housing accommodation, if he or she or a member of his or her family resides therein;
   (C)   A religious institution, or an organization operated for charitable or educational purposes that is operated, or supervised, or controlled by a religious corporation, association, society, to the extent that the religious corporation, association, or society limits, or gives preferences in, the sale, lease, rental, assignment, or sublease of real property to individuals of the same religion, or makes a selection of buyers, tenants, lessees, assignees, or sublessees, that is calculated by the religious corporation, association, or society to promote the religious principles for which it was established or is maintained;
   (D)   The private sale by a private individual homeowner who disposes of his or her property without the aid of any real estate operator, broker, or salesman, and without advertising or public display;
   (E)   A real estate operator to require him or her to negotiate with any individual who has not shown evidence of financial ability to consummate the purchase or rental of a housing accommodation.
(Ord. 21-3, passed 6-16-21)