It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(a) 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, sex, familial status, handicap, ancestry, or national origin of any prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing.
(b) Represent to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, handicap or national origin that any housing is not available for inspection, sale or rental when such housing is in fact so available.
(c) Refuse to lend money whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repairing or maintenance of housing or otherwise withhold financing of any housing from any person because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, handicap, ancestry, or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant, or user of such housing.
(d) To discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of selling, transferring, assigning, renting, leasing or subleasing housing or in furnishing facilities, services, or privileges in connection with the ownership, occupancy or use of housing because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, handicap, ancestry, or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing.
(e) 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 housing, because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, handicap, ancestry or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing.
(f) Print, publish, or circulate any statement or advertisement relating to the sale, transfer, assignment, rental, lease, sublease, or acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing which indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, familial status, handicap, ancestry or national origin.
(g) Include in any transfer, rental or lease of any housing, any restrictive covenant which discriminates based upon race, color, religion, sex, familial status, handicap, ancestry, or national origin; provided however, that the inclusion of such a prior existing restrictive covenant in the chain of title shall not be deemed a violation of this provision.
(h) Induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit any housing listing, sale, or transaction by representing that a change has occurred or may occur with respect to the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, handicap, ancestry, or national origin of persons in the block, neighborhood, or area in which the housing 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, sex, familial status, handicap, ancestry or national origin in the area will or may have results such as the following:
(1) The lowering of property values.
(2) A change in the racial, religious, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the housing is located.
(3) An increase in criminal or anti-social behavior in the area.
(4) A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area.
(i) Discriminate in any manner against any other person because he has opposed any unlawful practice as defined in this section, or because he has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing under any provision of this chapter.
(j) Aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of any act declared by this section to be an unlawful discriminatory practice, or to obstruct or prevent any person from complying with the requirements of this chapter, or any order issued pursuant thereto.
(k) Discourage or attempt to discourage the purchase by a prospective purchaser of any housing by representing that any block, neighborhood, or area, has or might undergo a change with respect to the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, handicap, ancestry or national origin of persons in the block, neighborhood or area.
This section applies to discriminatory housing practices within the territorial limits of the City, and to housing accommodations located within the territorial limits of the City.
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a religious organization, association or society, or any non-profit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion is restricted on account of race, color or national origin. Nor shall anything in this chapter prohibit 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, from limiting the rental or occupancy of such lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members.
(Ord. 103-95. Passed 7-24-95.)