CONCILIATION AGREEMENT
means a written agreement or statement setting forth the terms of the agreement mutually signed and subscribed to by both complainant(s) and respondent(s) and witnessed by a duly authorized enforcing agent who will be so designated by the City Council.
CONCILIATION FAILURE
means any failure to obtain a conciliation agreement between the parties to the discrimination charge or a breach thereof.
DISCRIMINATION
means any direct or indirect act or practice of exclusion, distinction, restriction, segregation, limitation, refusal, denial, or any other act of discrimination or preference in the treatment of a person or persons because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, disability or HIV positive status or the aiding, abetting, inciting, coercing or compelling thereof.
DWELLING
means any building, structure, or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one (1) or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure or portion thereof.
FAMILY includes a single individual.
HOUSING BOARD OF APPEAL AND ADJUSTMENT
means that body of citizens duly appointed by the City Council to hear, make determinations, and issue findings in all cases of discriminatory practices in housing resulting from conciliation failure.
PERSON
includes one (1) or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, and receivers.
TO RENT
includes to lease, to sub-lease, to let and otherwise to grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant.