It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to commit any of the following acts:
(A) To refuse to sell, lease, rent, assign or otherwise transfer the title or other interest in any housing, or real property upon which residential housing is to be constructed, to any person, or to discriminate in the terms or conditions of the sale, rental or leasing of any residential housing unit, because of race, color, religion, or national origin, familial status, or disabilities.
(B) To refuse to negotiate with any person for the sale, rental, or leasing of any residential property,or to represent that such property is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact, it is so available, because of such person's race, color, religion, or national origin, familial status, or disabilities.
(C) To solicit or induce, or attempt to solicit or induce, any person owning any interest in residential housing to sell, rent or lease, or not to sell, rent or lease such housing to any person on the grounds of loss of value due to the present or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of another race, color, religion, or national origin, familial status or disabilities either by direct solicitation or inducement or by the purchase of other property in the neighborhood for the purpose of such inducement, to distribute, or cause to be distributed, material or make statements designed to induce a residential property owner to sell or lease his property due to such change in neighborhood.
(D) To file a complaint alleging violation of this chapter, with knowledge that such complaint is false in any material respect, or to file such complaint for the sole purpose of harassment.
(Ord. 2002-30, passed 10-21-02) Penalty, see § 10.99