(a) A complaint may be dismissed by the administrator:
(1) during the investigation and prior to referral to the city attorney when the administrator determines that:
(A) the complaint was not filed within the required time period;
(B) the location of the alleged discriminatory housing practice is not within the city’s jurisdiction;
(C) the alleged discriminatory housing practice is not a violation of this chapter;
(D) the complainant or aggrieved person refuses to cooperate with the administrator in the investigation of the complaint or enforcement of the executed conciliation agreement;
(E) the complainant, or the aggrieved person if different from the complainant, cannot be located after the administrator has performed a reasonable search; or
(F) a conciliation agreement has been executed by the respondent, complainant, and aggrieved person if different from the complainant; or
(2) within 10 days after receipt of a statement of no reasonable cause from the city attorney.
(b) A criminal action may be dismissed by a municipal judge upon motion of the city attorney, if after the city attorney files the action charging a respondent with a discriminatory housing practice, a conciliation agreement is executed under Section 20A-10 before the trial begins in municipal court.
(c) The administrator shall notify the complainant, the aggrieved person if different from the complainant, and the respondent of the dismissal of the complaint, including a written statement of facts, and make public disclosure of the dismissal by issuing a press release, unless the respondent requests that no public disclosure be made. (Ord. Nos. 13456; 14809; 20652; 20780)