This chapter shall not apply to:
(A) 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 which limits the sale, rental, or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or which gives preference to such persons, unless membership in the religion is restricted on account of race, color, sex, or national origin.
(B) A private club not in fact open to the public which, as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes, provides lodgings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, and which limits the rental or occupancy of these lodgings to its members or gives preference to its members.
(C) Rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of the living quarters as his residence.
(D) Any single-family house sold or rented by an owner; provided, that the private individual owner does not own more than three single-family houses at any one time. Further, in the case of the sale of any single-family house by a private individual owner not residing in the house at the time of or prior to the sale, the exemption granted by this division shall apply only with respect to one such sale within any 24-month period. Further, such a bona fide private individual owner shall not own any interest in, or have owned or reserved on his behalf under any express or voluntary agreement, title to, or any right to all or a portion of the proceeds from the sale or rental of more than three such single-family houses at any one time. Further, the sale or rental of any such single-family house shall be exempted only if the house is sold or rented:
(1) Without the use in any manner of the sales or rental facilities or the sales or rental services of any real estate broker, agent, or salesperson, or of the facilities or services of any person in the business of selling or renting dwellings, or of any employee or agent of any such broker, agent, salesperson, or person; and
(2) Without the publication, posting, or mailing, after notice, of any advertisement or written notice in violation of the provisions of 42 USC 3604(c) or of § 94.04, but nothing in this provision shall prohibit the use of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title companies, and other professional assistance as necessary to perfect or transfer the title.
(Ord. passed 12-19-83)