(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, finance or otherwise deny or withhold housing accommodations from any person because of the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin of a prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing accommodations;
(2) Represent to any person that housing accommodations are not available for inspection when, in fact, they are so available;
(3) Refuse to lend money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing accommodations, or otherwise withhold financing for such accommodations from any person, because of the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing accommodations, provided that such person, whether an individual, corporation or association of any type, lends money as one of the principal aspects of his, her or its business or incidental to his, her or its principal business and not only as a part of the purchase price of housing accommodations he, she or it is selling nor merely casually or occasionally to a relative or friend;
(4) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of selling, transferring, assigning, renting, leasing or subleasing any housing accommodations, or in furnishing facilities, services or privileges in connection with the ownership, occupancy or use of any housing accommodations, because of the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user thereof;
(5) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of any loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodations because of the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user thereof;
(6) Print, publish or circulate any statement or advertisement relating to the sale, transfer, assignment, rental, lease, sublease or acquisition of any housing accommodations or the loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing accommodations, which statement or advertisement indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin;
(7) Make an inquiry, elicit any information, make or keep any record or use any form of application containing questions or entries concerning race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin in connection with the sale or lease of any housing accommodations or the loan of any money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance thereof;
(8) Include in any transfer, rental or lease of housing accommodations any restrictive covenant, or honor or exercise, or attempt to honor or exercise, any such restrictive covenant, provided that the prior inclusion of a restrictive covenant in the chain of title shall not be deemed a violation of this division;
(9) Induce or solicit, or attempt to induce or solicit, any housing accommodation listing, sale or transaction by representing that a change has occurred or may occur with respect to the racial, religious or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located, or induce or solicit, or attempt to induce or solicit, such sale or listing by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin in the area will or may have any of the following results:
A. The lowering of property values;
B. An unfavorable change in the racial, religious or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located;
C. An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area; or
D. A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area; or
(10) Discourage or attempt to discourage the purchase of housing accommodations by representing that any block, neighborhood or area has or might undergo a change with respect to the religious, racial or nationality composition of the block, neighborhood or area.
(b) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree for a second and subsequent offense. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 17-70. Passed 11-12-70.)