It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(a) 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, national origin, sex, handicap, religious belief, ancestry or familial status.
(b) 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, national origin, sex, handicap, religious belief, ancestry or familial status.
(c) Make, print, 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 based on race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, religious belief, ancestry or familial status.
(d) Represent to any person because of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, religious belief, ancestry or familial status that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale or rental when such dwelling is, in fact, so available.
(e) Induce or attempt to induce any person to sell, rent or refrain from purchasing or renting any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the geographical area or neighborhood in which the dwelling is located of a person or persons of a particular race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, religious belief, ancestry or familial status.
(f) Influence or attempt to influence, by any words, acts or failure to act, any person who purports or represents himself to be a prospective seller, purchaser, occupant, landlord or tenant of real property, so as to limit that person’s opportunity of access to ownership or rental of housing on or in any street, block or neighborhood because of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, religious belief, ancestry or familial status.
(g) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit any person from truthfully answering questions directed to him concerning the race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, religious belief, ancestry or familial status of people then residing in a particular geographical area or neighborhood.
(Ord. 2001-69. Passed 9-17-01.)
(h) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a religious organization, association or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operated for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion is restricted on account of race, color, familial status, sex or national origin.
(i) This section shall apply to rooms or units in single-family dwellings occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families if the owner actually maintains and occupies the single-family dwelling as his residence.
(Ord. 89-100. Passed 6-5-89.)