§ 92.04 DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSE RENTALS OR SALES.
   As made applicable by § 92.07 and except as exempted by §§ 92.03(B) and 92.08, it shall be unlawful:
   (A)   To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin;
   (B)   To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin;
   (C)   To make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any preference, limitation or discrimination;
   (D)   To represent to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale or rental when the dwelling is in fact available;
   (E)   For profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or perspective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin; and
   (F)   (1)   To discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a disability of:
         (a)   That person;
         (b)   A person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made available; or
         (c)   Any person associated with that person.
      (2)   For purposes of this division, discrimination includes:
         (a)   A refusal to permit, at the expense of the disabled person, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by the person if the modifications may be necessary to afford the person full enjoyment of the premises except that, in the case of a rental, the landlord may where it is reasonable to do so condition permission for a modification on the renter agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted; and
         (b)   A refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford the person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.
      (3)   Nothing in this section requires a dwelling to be made available to an individual whose tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the property of others.
      (4)   Nothing in this section requires, with respect to a rental property or property sold on an instalment basis, a landlord or contract seller to allow modifications to a dwelling which will irreparably destroy the original design of a home which was built over 50 years previously or which was custom built for the owner as a residence; nor shall it require a landlord or contract seller to allow modifications which would substantially reduce the value of the property where the landlord or contract seller has reasonable doubt as to the financial capability of the renter or buyer to restore the dwelling to its original state upon termination of the lease or default upon the contract by the buyer.
(Ord. 93-4, passed 8-30-93)