(A) There is hereby created a Fair Housing Board which shall consist of the City Council and Mayor.
(B) The Board shall have and exercise the following duties and powers:
(1) To act to eliminate unlawful real estate practices that violate this chapter;
(2) To act to assure to persons living, working, or desiring to live or work in the city an opportunity to purchase, lease, or occupy real property without discrimination because of race, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, physical limitations, source of income, family responsibilities, educational association, sexual orientation, or national origin;
(3) To receive and investigate complaints alleging unlawful real estate practices in violation of this chapter;
(4) To attempt elimination of unfair real estate practices by conciliation, conference, and/or persuasion;
(5) To hold public hearings in the event that its efforts under division (B)(4) above are ineffective, or where it deems that such efforts will be ineffective;
(6) To instruct the City Attorney to commence appropriate court action against those the Board has found to be in violation of this chapter;
(7) To recommend to the state’s Real Estate Board suspension and/or revocation of licenses of real estate brokers in accordance with the requirements of this chapter;
(8) To render from time to time, but not less than every 12 months, a written report to the City Council of its activities and recommendations with respect to fair real estate practices, which written reports shall be made public after submission to the City Council; and
(9) To exercise such other powers as are vested in the Board by other sections of this chapter and to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Ord. 366, passed 2-1-1982)