It shall be a discriminatory practice and unlawful:
(a) For any person, having the right, responsibility or authority to sell, rent, lease, assign or sub-lease any dwelling unit, commercial unit or real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, to refuse to sell, rent, lease, assign or sub-lease any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property or part or portion thereof or interest therein, to any person because of the race, color, religion, sex or national origin of the person;
(b) For any person, having the right, responsibility or authority to sell, rent, lease, assign or sub- lease any dwelling unit, commercial unit or real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, to impose upon any person because of the race, color, religion, sex or national origin of such person unusual, extraordinarily onerous terms, conditions or privileges in the sale, rental, leasing, assignment or sub-leasing of any dwelling unit, commercial unit or real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, or to require a higher sale price or rental or otherwise impose terms more burdensome upon any person because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin and which would not be required of other persons;
(c) For any person, engaged in lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages or otherwise making available funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any dwelling unit, commercial unit or real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, to discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin of any person applying for loans or guarantees or mortgages in lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages or otherwise making available funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any dwelling unit, commercial unit or real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, or to place unusual extraordinary, onerous rates of interest, terms or conditions on the lending of the money, the guaranteeing of the loans, acceptance of the mortgages or the availability of such funds;
(d) For any person to discriminate in furnishing any facilities or services to any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, because of the race, color, religion, sex or national origin of any person making application for such facilities or services;
(e) For any person, engaged in the real estate business, whether a dealer, broker or regardless of the capacity in which serving to discriminate in the selling, renting, leasing, assigning or sub-leasing of any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, against any person because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin of such person and further, to indicate in any way that any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, is not available for inspection, sale, rental, lease, assignment or sub-lease or otherwise to deny or withhold any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, from any person because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin of such person;
(f) For any person to include in any agreement relating to the sale, rental, lease, assignment or sub-lease of any dwelling unit, commercial unit, or real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, as a condition of the transaction, that the purchaser, renter, tenant, occupant or assignee does agree not to sell, rent, lease, assign or sub-lease the dwelling unit, commercial unit or real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, to any person because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin of such person;
(g) For any person to engage in any form of threats or reprisal, or to engage in, or hire or conspire with others to commit acts or activities of any nature, the purpose of which is to harass, degrade, embarrass or to cause physical harm or economic loss to any person because such person complies with the provisions of this article or has opposed any practice forbidden under this act, or has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding under this article;
(h) For any person to aid, abet, incite, compel, coerce, cooperate or participate in the doing of any act declared to be a discriminatory practice under the provisions of this article, or to obstruct or prevent compliance with the provisions of this article, or to attempt directly or indirectly to commit any act declared by this article to be a discriminatory practice;
(i) For any person to induce or attempt to induce the sale or listing for sale of any dwelling unit, commercial unit or real property or any part or portion thereof interest therein, by representing that a change has occurred or will or may occur with respect to the racial, religious or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located, or to induce or attempt to induce such sale by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any particular race, color, religion, sex or national origin in the area will or may result in:
(1) The lowering of property values;
(2) A change in the racial, religious or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located;
(3) An increase in criminal antisocial behavior in the area; or
(4) A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area.
(j) To make any representations to any prospective seller, real estate broker, salesperson, agent, owner or to any financial institution for the purpose of obtaining facts or evidence of a discriminatory practice when such representation is not made for a bona fide purchase, rental or lease of real property; provided, however, this section shall not apply to any person employed by the city or the state whose duty it is to assist in the prosecution of violations of civil rights relating to open housing; or
(k) For any person having the right, responsibility or authority to sell, rent, lease, assign or sub- lease any dwelling unit, commercial unit or real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, to directly or indirectly advertise or in any other manner indicate or publicize, that the purchase, rental, lease, sub-lease or assignment, listing, showing or the lending of funds in connection with any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, by persons of any particular race, color, religion, sex or national origin is unwelcome, objectionable, not acceptable or not solicited.
(1987 Code, § 8-503) (Ord. 686, passed - -)