For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. Includes, but is not limited to: sale or lease of housing accommodation and lending of money on equal terms and conditions; cancellation, rescission, or revocation of a contract, deed, lease, or other instrument transferring any housing accommodation which is the subject of a charge of unlawful discrimination to a person who had knowledge or record notice, prior to the transfer or the execution of the agreement to make the transfer.
BURIAL LOT. Any lot for the burial of deceased persons within any public burial ground or cemetery, including but not limited to, cemeteries owned and operated by municipal corporations, townships, or companies or associations incorporated for cemetery purposes.
DISCRIMINATE or DISCRIMINATION. Any difference in treatment based on a person’s actual or perceived race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, immigration status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sex, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, creed, ancestry, disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, family status, physical characteristics, HIV-status, source of income or genetic information.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS. Includes any building or structure or portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied as the home residence or sleeping place of one or more individuals, groups, or families whether or not living independently of each other, and any vacant land offered for sale or lease, including land offered for use as a trailer park and sites offered for mobile homes. It also includes any housing accommodations held or offered for sale or rent by a real estate broker, salesman, or agent, or by any other
person pursuant to authorization of the owner, by the owner himself, herself or his or her legal representative.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, labor organization, or other organization or association, including those acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, whether appointed by a court or otherwise. The term as applied to partnerships or other organizations or associations, includes their members, and applied to corporations includes their officers. It also includes, but is not limited to, any owner, lessor, assignor, builder, manager, broker, salesman, agent, employee, and lending institution, and the heads of all departments, boards, commissions, authorities, and other administrative divisions of the city.
STEERING. Any real estate marketing, financing, or advertising practice which limits the choice of a prospective user of housing accommodations due to his or her race.
(1980 Code, § 153.01) (Ord. 3920, passed 12-3-1979; Am. Ord. 7557, passed 6-5-2006; Am. Ord. 7905, passed 8-17-2009; Am. Ord. 8933, passed 6-7-2021)