For the purposes of this article:
(a) Board Or Board Of Trustees: The board of trustees of the village of Deerfield.
(b) Commission Or Community Relations Commission: The Deerfield community relations commission as established in article 12 of this chapter.
(c) Developer: Includes and means any person who plans and develops for profit a subdivision in the village of Deerfield and then offers for sale or lease the lots or houses in such subdivision.
(d) Discriminate: Includes and means any difference in terms, conditions, or treatment in the sale, lease, or financing of real estate because of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, or ancestry.
(e) Holds Out Real Estate To The Public For Sale Or Lease: Includes and means advertising or causing a notice to be published or broadcast in news media of any kind, including, without limitation, newspapers, radio, and television, advertising or notifying by the display of a poster or sign, listing of real estate with a real estate broker or salesman, and making or circulating or causing to be made or circulated any public announcement or notification of the availability for sale or lease of real estate.
(f) Lease Or Leasing: Includes and means rent, renting, assignment, sublease, and subletting.
(g) Lender Or Lending Agency: Includes and means any person engaged in the business of lending money at interest, guaranteeing loans or obtaining, arranging, or negotiating loans or guarantees for the purchase, acquisition, repair, or improvement of real estate in the village of Deerfield, which loans or guarantees are secured by title to or a security interest in such real estate.
(h) Owner: Includes and means any person who holds legal or equitable title to, or owns any beneficial interest in real estate in the village of Deerfield, or in the shares of any real estate cooperative owning any such real estate.
(i) Person: Includes and means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, cooperatives, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers or other fiduciaries, and the village of Deerfield.
(j) Real Estate: Includes and means any land in the village of Deerfield, and any improvements thereon. (1963 Code § 27.1202; amd. Ord. 0-68-20; Ord. 0-71-12; Ord. 0-73-17; Ord. 0-04-69, 12-6-2004)