(A) Employment. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any employer, because of the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or ancestry of any person, to refuse to hire or otherwise to discriminate against that person with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment.
(B) Labor organizations. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any labor organization to do the following.
(1) Limit or classify its membership on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or ancestry.
(2) Discriminate against, limit the employment opportunities of, or otherwise adversely affect the employment status, wages, hours, or employment condition of any person as an employee because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or ancestry.
(C) Public accommodations. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any proprietor or any employee, keeper, or manager of a place of public accommodation to deny to any person, except for reasons applicable alike to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or ancestry, the full enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges thereof.
(D) Housing accommodation. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person to do the following.
(1) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, finance, or otherwise deny or withhold housing accommodations from any person because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, or national origin of any prospective owner, occupant, or user of such housing.
(2) Represent to any person that housing is not available for inspection when in fact it is available.
(3) Refuse to lend money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of housing or otherwise withhold financing of housing from any person because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant, or user of such housing provided such person, whether an individual, corporation, or association of any type, lends money as one of the principal aspects or incident to his principal business and not only as a part of the purchase price of an owner-occupied residence he is selling nor merely casually or occasionally to a relative or friend.
(4) Include in any transfer, rental, or lease of housing any restrictive covenant, or honor or exercise, or attempt to honor or exercise, any restrictive covenant, provided that the prior inclusion of a restrictive covenant in the chain of title shall not be deemed a violation of this provision.
(5) Induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit a housing listing, sale, or transaction by representing that a change has occurred or may occur with respect to the racial, religious, sexual, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the property is located, or induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit such sale or listing by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, or national origin, in the area will or may have results such as the following:
(a) The lowering of property values;
(b) A change in the racial, religious, sexual, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the property is located;
(c) An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area;
(d) A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area.
(6) 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 housing accommodations, or to discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of such access, membership, or participation, on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or ancestry.
(7) Coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of that person's having exercised or enjoyed or having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by division (H) of this section.
(8) No person shall discourage or attempt to discourage the purchase by a prospective purchaser of a housing unit, by representing that any block, neighborhood, or area has undergone or might undergo a change with respect to the religious, racial, sexual, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area.
(E) Allowable preferences. Nothing in division (H) of this section shall bar any religious or denominational institution or organization, or any charitable or educational organization that is operated, supervised, or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, or any bona fide private or fraternal organization from giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination, or to members of such private or fraternal organization, or from making such selection as is calculated by such organization to promote the religious principles or the aims, purposes, or fraternal principles for which it is established or maintained.
(F) Employing the handicapped. Nothing in divisions (A) or (B) of this section shall be construed to require a handicapped person to be employed or trained under circumstances that would significantly increase the occupational hazards affecting either the handicapped person, other employees, the general public, or the facilities in which the work is to be performed, or to employ or train a handicapped person in a job that requires him routinely to undertake any task, the performance of which is substantially and inherently impaired by his handicap.
(G) Selling or renting to the handicapped. Nothing in division (D) of this section shall be construed to require any person selling or renting property to modify such property in any way or to exercise a higher degree of care for a person having a handicap, nor shall it be construed to relieve any handicapped person of any obligation generally imposed on all persons regardless of handicap in a written lease, rental agreement, or contract of purchase or sale, or to forbid distinctions based on the inability to fulfill the terms and conditions including financial obligations, of the lease, agreement, or contract. (Ord. 1298, passed 7-21-80) Penalty, see § 97.99