(A) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following:
(1) The sale, rental, assignment, lease, or sublease of a single-family dwelling owned by an individual in which that individual or a member of the immediate family resides, and the dwelling is offered for sale, rental, assignment, lease, or sublease, without the use of a real estate broker, or real estate salesperson, or agent;
(2) A rental or leasing of a dwelling unit in a building, which contains housing accommodations for not more than two families living independently of each other, if the owner, or a member of the immediate family, resides in such a dwelling unit; and
(3) A rental or leasing to less than five persons living in a dwelling unit by the owner, if the owner, or a member of the immediate family, resides therein.
(B) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit 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, from limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of real property which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to such persons. Nor shall anything in this chapter prohibit a non-profit private club in fact not 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. 04-02, passed 5-3-2004)