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(A) Subject to the provisions of division (B) of this section and § 96.07, the prohibitions against discrimination in the sale or rental of housing set forth in this section shall apply to all dwellings except as exempted by division (B) of this section.
(B) Nothing in § 96.04 shall apply to any single-family house sold or rented by an owner:
(1) Provided that the private individual owner does not own more than three single-family houses at any one time;
(2) Provided further, in the case of the sale of any single-family house by a private individual owner not residing in the house at the time of the sale or who was not the most recent resident of the house prior to the sale, the exemption granted by this division (B) shall apply only with respect to one sale within any 24-month period;
(3) Provided further, that the bona fide private individual owner does not own any interest in, nor is there owned or reserved on his or her behalf, under any express or voluntary agreement, title to or any right to all or a portion of the proceeds from the sale or rental of, more than three single-family houses at any one time; and
(4) Provided further, that the sale or rental of any single-family house shall be excepted from the application of this chapter only if the house is sold or rented:
(a) Without the use in any manner of the sales or rental facilities or the sales or rental services of any real estate broker, agent or salesman, or of such facilities or services of any person in the business of selling or renting dwellings, or of any employee or agent of any broker, agent, salesman or person and without the publication, posting, or mailing, after notice of any advertisement or written notice in violation of § 96.04(C), but nothing in this provision shall prohibit the use of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title companies and other such professional assistance as necessary to perfect or transfer the title; or
(b) Rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of the living quarters as his or her residence.
(C) For the purposes of division (B) of this section, a person shall be deemed to be in the business of selling or renting dwellings if:
(1) He or she has, within the preceding 12 months, participated as principal in three or more transactions involving the sale or rental of any dwelling or any interest therein;
(2) He or she has, within the preceding 12 months, participated as agent, other than in the sale of his or her own personal residence, in providing sales or rental facilities or sales or rental services in two or more transactions involving the sale or rental of any dwelling or any interest therein; or
(3) He or she is the owner of any dwelling designed or intended for occupancy by, or occupied by, five or more families.
(Ord. 3-95, passed 3-6-1995)
(A) 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, national origin, familial status or disability status;
(B) 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, national origin, familial status or disability status;
(C) 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, national origin, familial status or disability status, or an intention to make any preference, limitation or discrimination; or
(D) Represent to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or disability status that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale or rental when the dwelling is in fact so available.
(Ord. 3-95, passed 3-6-1995) Penalty, see § 96.99
It shall be unlawful for any bank, building and loan association, insurance company or other corporation, association, firm or enterprise whose business consists in whole or in part in the making of commercial real estate loans, to deny a loan or other financial assistance to a person applying therefor for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling, or to discriminate against him or her in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of any loan or other financial assistance, because of the race, color, religion or national origin of the person or of any person associated with him or her in connection with the loan or other financial assistance or the purposes of the loan or other financial assistance, or of the present or prospective owners, lessees, tenants or occupants of the dwelling or dwellings in relation to which the loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given; provided that nothing contained in this section shall impair the scope or effectiveness of the exception contained in § 96.03(B).
(Ord. 3-95, passed 3-6-1995)
It shall be unlawful to deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers organization or other service, organization or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him or her in the terms or conditions of access, membership or participation, on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or disability status.
(Ord. 3-95, passed 3-6-1995) Penalty, see § 96.99
(A) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a religious organization, association or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to such persons, unless membership in the religion is restricted on account of race, color or national origin.
(B) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a private club not in fact open to the public, which as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes provides lodgings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members.
(Ord. 3-95, passed 3-6-1995)
(A) The authority and responsibility for administering this chapter shall be vested in the Mayor.
(B) The Mayor may delegate any of these functions, duties and powers to employees of the city or to boards of such employees, including functions, duties and powers with respect to investigating, conciliating, hearing, determining, ordering, certifying, reporting or otherwise acting as to any work, business or matter under this chapter. The Mayor shall by rule prescribe the rights of appeal from the decisions of his or her hearing examiners to other hearing examiners or to other officers in the city, to boards of officers, or to himself or herself, as shall be appropriate and in accordance with the law.
(C) All executive departments and agencies shall administer their programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further the purposes of this chapter and shall cooperate with the Mayor to further these purposes.
(Ord. 3-95, passed 3-6-1995)
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