(A) The Commission or Board of Trustees may exempt locations, buildings and transactions from the provisions of § 93.04 above.
(B) Before granting exemptions, the Commission shall consider the plan of development adopted by the applicant for an exemption, which plan must be designed to prevent or eliminate de facto segregation or re-segregation and which plan is found by the Commission or Board of Trustees to be reasonably designed to prevent or eliminate de facto segregation or re-segregation and designed to achieve integration.
(C) Exemptions granted shall be supported by findings of fact regarding:
(1) Concentration of racial groups in adjoining or surrounding areas;
(2) The extent to which the location or building involved is integrated;
(3) The number of properties being offered for sale in the location;
(4) The number of vacancies in rental units in the building or location; and
(5) The extent to which schools in the area have been integrated.
(D) The exemption hereunder may be revoked by the Commission at any time if it is found, pursuant to a complaint filed under the provisions of this chapter, that the applicant has not pursued the voluntary plan in good faith; provided, if the exemption has been granted pursuant to a plan of development, the applicants for the original plan of development shall be notified and be heard by the Commission before revocation of the exemption.
(E) Nothing herein shall be considered as encouraging discriminatory practices, but its purpose is to allow owners and realtors to adopt voluntary plans of integration which accomplish goals of this chapter.
(F) Nothing herein shall be construed as exempting any person from applicable state and federal regulations.
(Ord. 76-250, passed 9-9-1976)