§ 92.02 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   AGE. Chronological age.

   BOARD. The Fair Housing Board.

   CITY COUNCIL. The City Council of Garretson.

   EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. The state of being enrolled or not being enrolled at any educational institution.

   FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES. The state of being or the potential to become a contributor to the support of an individual or individuals in a dependent relationship.

   LEASE. Includes sublease, assignment, and rental, and includes any contract to do any of the foregoing in this definition.

   LENDING INSTITUTION. Any bank, insurance company, savings and loan association, or any other person in the business of lending money or guaranteeing loans, any person of obtaining, arranging, or negotiating loans or guarantees as agent or broker, and any person in the business of buying or selling loans or instruments for the payment of money which are secured by title to or a security interest in real estate.

   MARITAL STATUS. The state of being married, unmarried, divorced, a widow, or widower.

   NATIONAL ORIGIN. Includes the national origin of an ancestor.

   OWNER. Any person who holds legal or equitable title to, owns any beneficial interest in any real property, who holds legal or equitable title to shares of, or who holds any beneficial interest in any real estate cooperative which owns any real property.

   PANEL. A panel comprised of three or more members of the Board, designated by the Chairman of the Board, to investigate and to attempt to conciliate a complaint filed or made under §§ 92.04 through 92.06.

   PERSON. Includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, legal representatives, mutual companies, unincorporated organizations, trusts, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and fiduciaries.

   PHYSICAL LIMITATION. A limitation of physical capabilities unrelated to one’s ability to safely perform the work involved in jobs or positions available to such person for hire or promotion or a limitation of physical capabilities unrelated to one’s ability to acquire, rent, and maintain property. PHYSICAL LIMITATION includes, but is not limited to, blindness or partial sightedness, deafness or hearing impairment, muteness, partial or total absence of physical member, speech impairment, and motor impairment.

   PURCHASE. Includes any contract to purchase.

   REAL ESTATE AGENT. Any real estate broker, any real estate salesperson, and any other person who, as employee or agent or otherwise, engages in the management or operation of any real property.

   REAL ESTATE BROKER. Any person licensed as a real estate broker in accordance with the provisions of SDCL Chapter 36-21A, or required thereby to be so licensed.

   REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION. The purchase, sale, exchange, rental, or lease of any real property, or an option to do any of the foregoing.

   REAL PROPERTY. Any real estate, vacant land, building, or structure, or any part thereof, within the city limits.

   SALE. Any contract to sell, exchange, or to convey, transfer, or assign legal or equitable title to, or a beneficial interest in real property.

   SEXUAL ORIENTATION. Any male or female homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality, by preference or practice.

   SOURCE OF INCOME. Any legal source from which a person obtains money.

(Ord. 366, passed 2-1-1982)