It is an unfair discriminatory practice:
(A) For an owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee or managing agent of, or other person having the right to sell, rent or lease any real property, or any agent of these:
(1) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons any real property because of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, disability or status in regard to public assistance;
(2) To discriminate against any person or group of persons because of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, disability or status in regard to public assistance in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any real property or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith; or
(3) In any transaction involving real property to print, circulate or post, or cause to be printed, circulated or posted, any advertisement or sign, or use any form of application for the purchase, rental or lease of real property, or make any record or inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of any real property which expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or status in regard to public assistance, or any intent to make the limitation, specification or discrimination.
(B) For a real estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof:
(1) To refuse to sell, rent or lease, or refuse to offer for sale, rental or lease, any real property to any person or group of persons, or refuse to negotiate for the sale, rental or lease of any real property to any person or group of persons because of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, disability or status in regard to public assistance, or represent that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available, or otherwise deny or withhold any real property or any facilities of real property to or from any person or group of persons because of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, disability or status in regard to public assistance;
(2) To discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, disability or status in regard to public assistance, in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of real property or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith; or
(3) To print, circulate or post, or cause to be printed, circulated or posted, any advertisement or sign, or use any form of application for the purchase, rental or lease of real property, or make any record or inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of any real property which expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or status in regard to public assistance, or any intent to make the limitation, specification or discrimination.
(C) For a person, bank, banking organization, mortgage company, insurance company or other financial institution or leader to whom application is made for financial assistance or for the purchase, lease, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any real property or any agent or employee thereof:
(1) To discriminate against any person or group of persons because of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, disability or status in regard to public assistance, or of the prospective occupants or tenants of the real property in the granting, withholding, extending, modifying or renewing, or in the rates, terms, conditions or privileges of the financial assistance or in the extension of services in connection therewith; or
(2) To use any form of application for the financial assistance, or make any record or inquiry in connection with applications for the financial assistance which expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, disability or status in regard to public assistance, or any intent to make the limitations, specifications or discrimination.
(D) For any real estate broker or real estate salesperson, for the purpose of inducing a real property transaction from which the person, that person’s firm, or any of its members, may benefit financially to represent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition with respect to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, disability or status in regard to public assistance, of the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood or area in which the real property is located, including, but not limited to, lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or anti-social behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools or other public facilities.
(Ord. 121, passed 1-5-2003) Penalty, see § 10.99