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As used in this chapter:
(a) “Housing”, “housing accommodations” and “dwellings” mean any building, structure or portion thereof which is occupied or designed or intended for occupancy as a residence by one or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location of any such building, structure or portion thereof.
(b) “Person” includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, receivers and other organized groups of persons. It also includes, but is not limited to, any owner, lessor, assignor, builder, manager, broker, salesman, agent, employee and lending institution.
(c) “Solicitation” and “solicit” mean the mailing or delivery of any printed matter or any oral communication made either in person or by telephone to the owner or occupant of housing accommodations by any real estate broker, agent, sales representative or other person for any of the following purposes:
(1) Advertising the accomplishments and/or abilities of the real estate broker, agent, sales representative or other person to sell or rent housing accommodations;
(2) Requesting or suggesting that the owner or occupant list his or her housing accommodations that are for sale or rent; or
(3) Offering to purchase or rent the owner's housing accommodations.
(Ord. 141-1992. Passed 6-1-92.)
It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person to:
(a) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease or finance housing accommodations, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of housing accommodations or otherwise deny or make unavailable housing accommodations, because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity of any prospective owner, occupant or user of the housing.
(b) Represent to any person that housing is not available for inspection, sale or rental, when in fact it is available, because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity of any prospective owner, occupant or user of the housing.
(c) Refuse to lend money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing or otherwise withhold financing of housing from any person because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of the housing or because of the racial composition of the neighborhood in which the housing is located, provided that the person, whether an individual, corporation or association of any type, lends money as one of the principal aspects or incident to his or her principal business and not only as a part of the purchase price of an owner-occupied residence he or she is selling nor merely casually or occasionally to a relative or friend.
(d) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of selling, transferring, assigning, renting, leasing or subleasing any housing, or in furnishing facilities, services or privileges in connection with the ownership, occupancy or use of any housing, including the sale of fire, extended coverage or homeowner’s insurance, because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of the housing or because of the racial composition of the neighborhood in which the housing is located.
(e) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of any loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of the housing or because of the racial composition of the neighborhood in which the housing is located.
(f) Refuse to consider without prejudice the combined income of both husband and wife for the purpose of extending mortgage credit to a married couple or either member thereof.
(g) Print, publish or circulate any statement or advertisement relating to the sale, transfer, assignment, rental, lease, sublease or acquisition of any housing or the loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing, which statement or advertisement indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, specification or discrimination.
(h) Except as otherwise provided in this section, make any inquiry, elicit any information, make or keep any record or use any form of application containing questions or entries, concerning race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity in connection with the sale or lease of any housing or the loan of any money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing. Any person may make inquiries and make and keep records concerning race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity for the purpose of monitoring compliance with this chapter.
(i) Include in any transfer, rental or lease of housing any restrictive covenant or honor or exercise or attempt to honor or exercise, any restrictive covenant, concerning race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity, provided that the prior inclusion of a restrictive covenant in the chain of title shall not be deemed a violation of this provision.
(j) Induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit a housing listing, sale or transaction by representing that a change has occurred or may occur with respect to the racial, religious, sexual, ethnic, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity composition of the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located or induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit such sale or listing by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity in the area will or may have results such as the following:
(1) The lowering of property values;
(2) A change in the racial, religious, sexual, ethnic, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity composition of the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located;
(3) An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area;
(4) A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area.
(k) Deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers’ organization or other service, organization or facility relating to the business of selling or renting housing accommodations, or discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of such access, membership or participation, on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, ancestry, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
(l) Coerce, intimidate, threaten or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of or on account of that person's having exercised or enjoyed or having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by this section.
(m) Discourage or attempt to discourage the purchase by a prospective purchaser of a housing unit, by representing that any block, neighborhood or area has undergone or might undergo a change with respect to the religious, racial, sexual, ethnic, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity composition of the block, neighborhood or area.
(n) Discriminate in any manner against any other person because that person has opposed any unlawful practice defined in this section, or because that person has made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding or hearing under Ohio R.C. 4112.01 to 4112.07.
(o) Aid, abet, incite, compel or coerce the doing of any act declared by this section to be an unlawful discriminatory housing practice or obstruct or prevent any person from complying with Ohio R.C. 4112.01 to 4112.11, or any order issued thereunder, or attempt directly or indirectly to commit any act declared by this section to be an unlawful discriminatory housing practice.
(p) Discriminate against any person in appraising the value of any housing in connection with its sale or rental because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity of the person or because of the racial composition of the neighborhood in which the housing is located.
(Ord. 141-1992. Passed 6-1-92; Ord. 103-1998. Passed 5-4-98. Eff. 6-4-98; Ord. 41-2013. Passed 4-15-13.)
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall bar any religious or denominational institution or organization, or any nonprofit charitable or educational organization that is operated, supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion or from giving a preference in the sale, rental or occupancy of such a dwelling to persons of the same religion, unless membership in the religion is restricted on account of race, color or national origin. Nothing in this section shall bar any bona fide private or fraternal organization which, incidental to its primary purpose, owns or operates lodging for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of the lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than two families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of such living quarters as his or her residence.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any person selling or renting dwellings to modify such dwellings in any way or to exercise a higher degree of care for a person having a handicap, nor shall anything in this chapter be construed to relieve any handicapped person of any obligation generally imposed on all persons regardless of handicap in a written lease, rental agreement or contract or purchase of sale or to forbid distinctions based on the inability to fulfill the terms and conditions, including financial obligations, of the lease, agreement or contract.
(Ord. 141-1992. Passed 6-1-92.)
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