(A) An aggrieved person may file a civil action in the Circuit Court or any Superior Court not later than 1 year after the occurrence of the termination of an alleged discriminatory housing practice or the breach of a conciliation agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter whichever occurs last, to obtain appropriate relief with respect to the discriminatory housing practice or breach.
(B) (1) The 1-year period does not include any time during which an administrative hearing, pursuant to this chapter, is pending with respect to a complaint or finding of reasonable cause pursuant to this chapter based on the discriminatory housing practice.
(2) This division does not apply to actions arising from a breach of a conciliation agreement.
(D) If the Commission has obtained a conciliation agreement with the consent of an aggrieved person, the aggrieved person may not file an action pursuant to this chapter with respect to the alleged discriminatory housing practice that forms the basis for the complaint except to enforce the terms of the agreement.
(E) An aggrieved person may not file an action pursuant to this subchapter with respect to an alleged discriminatory housing practice that forms the basis of a finding of reasonable cause issued by the Commission if the Commission has begun a hearing on the record pursuant to this chapter with respect to the finding of reasonable cause.
(1979 Code, § 93.080) (Ord. 4106, passed 4-19-1993; Am. Ord. 4210, passed 8-7-1995)