(A) Such hearings shall be conducted by the entire Board or a quorum thereof upon ten days’ notice to all parties. The Board shall not be bound by the strict rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity. The Board shall have power to administer oaths and to take sworn testimony. The Board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and pertinent documents, which power may be enforced by the Board by proper petition to the District Court of the county where the complainant resides. The complainant and any party alleged to have violated this chapter shall be entitled to be represented by counsel and shall have the right to call witnesses on his or her own behalf and to cross-examine witnesses.
(B) If, upon all the evidence at the hearing, the Board finds that the person complained of has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, the Board shall state its findings of fact and shall issue and cause to be served upon such person, and order requiring such person to cease and desist from such violation, and to take such affirmative or other action as, in the judgment of the Board, will effectuate the purpose of this chapter, including a report of the manner of compliance.
(C) If, upon all the evidence at the hearing, the Board finds that the person complained of has not violated any of the provisions of this chapter, the Board shall state its findings of fact and shall issue and cause to be served upon the complainant an order dismissing the complaint.
(D) The Board shall retain jurisdiction of the case until it is satisfied the person to whom the order was directed has complied. The order of the Board and its findings of fact shall be issued within 30 days after the filing of the complaint and shall be delivered to the complainant, the person charged, and the Mayor of the city.
(E) The Board shall be empowered at the conclusion of the proceedings held under division (A) above to instruct the City Attorney to do any one or more of the following:
(1) To institute and prosecute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce against any person found in violation of this chapter the penalty or penalties provided for in § 90.99 below;
(2) To apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for:
(a) An order restraining any person from violating any provision of this chapter; or
(b) Such other future relief as may seem to the court appropriate for the enforcement of this chapter and for the elimination of violations hereof.
(3) To petition or institute proceedings with the state’s Real Estate Board for the purpose of causing the Real Estate Board to revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew the license granted by such Board to any real estate broker or real estate salesperson found to have violated any provision of this chapter.
(F) The Board is also empowered at the conclusion of such proceedings to recommend to the state’s Real Estate Board suspension and/or revocation of the broker’s license of any broker licensed by the state’s Real Estate Board against whom a complaint shall have been filed and who shall have been a party to any proceedings thus filed and found guilty of violating any applicable provisions of this chapter.
(G) Any complaint filed hereunder with the Board must be filed within 60 days after the alleged discriminatory practice occurred or it shall be barred.
(H) Any person aggrieved in any manner by the violation of any provision of this chapter who has exhausted the remedies provided in § 92.05 and division (A) above may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for appropriate relief from such violation, including:
(1) An order compelling compliance with this chapter;
(2) An order to prohibit any person found by the court to have violated any provision of this chapter from the sale, lease, exchange, transfer, conveyance, or assignment of any dwelling or housing which is the subject of such violation;
(3) An order requiring specific performance of any contract for the sale, lease, exchange, transfer, conveyance, or assignment of any dwelling or housing, by any person who in violation of this chapter refuses or fails to perform such contract;
(4) Compensatory damages and, if appropriate, punitive damages; and/or
(5) Such other and further relief as may seem appropriate to the court for the enforcement of this chapter and the elimination of violations thereof.
(I) Any complainant under this chapter may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order temporarily prohibiting any transaction affecting the real property which is the subject of the complainant’s pending complaint under this chapter prior to final determination by the Board where the owner of said property is one of the parties complained of.
(J) Any party, complainant, or person aggrieved by an order of the Board shall have the right to obtain judicial review of such order.