Except as exempted herein, it shall be unlawful:
(A) To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, refuse to show or refuse to receive and to transmit an offer for a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, familial status or sex;
(B) To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling or in the provision of the services or facilities in connection therewith because of race, color, religion, national origin, familial status or sex;
(C) To make, print, 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, national origin, handicap, familial status or sex or an intention to make any preference, limitation or discrimination;
(D) To represent to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, handicap, familial status or sex that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale or rental when such dwelling is in fact so available;
(E) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concerning the race, color, religion, national origin, handicap, familial status or sex of a person seeking to purchase, rent or lease any housing;
(F) To include in any transfer, sale, rental or lease of housing any restrictive covenants or honor or exercise or attempt to honor or exercise any restrictive covenant pertaining to housing;
(G) To discharge or demote an employee or agent or discriminate in the compensation of such employee or agent because of such employee’s or agent’s compliance with this chapter;
(H) To induce or attempt to induce, for profit, any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, national origin, handicap, familial status or sex;
(I) To discriminate in the sale or rental of or otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a handicap of:
(1) The buyer or renter;
(2) Any person associated with the buyer or renter; or
(3) A person residing in or intending to reside in the dwelling after it is so sold, rented or made available.
(J) 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 with a dwelling because of a handicap of:
(1) Such person;
(2) Any person associated with such person; and
(3) A person residing in or intending to reside in the dwelling after it is so sold, rented or made available.
(K) For any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in transactions related to residential real estate, to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction or in the terms or conditions of such a transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin;
(L) 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 any person in the terms or conditions of such access, membership or participation on account of race, color, religion, national origin, handicap, familial status or sex;
(M) To coerce, intimidate, threaten or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of or on account of the person have exercised or enjoyed or having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise of benefits and rights guaranteed by this chapter;
(N) To refuse to sell or lease a dwelling to an individual on the basis that the individual, a member of the individual’s family or a person who will be residing with the individual is suffering or is suspected of suffering from human immunodeficiency virus infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; and
(O) 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 the applicant in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of such loan or other financial assistance, because of race, color, religion, national origin or sex of such person or of any person associated with the applicant in connection with such 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 such loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given.
(Prior Code, § 10-404) (Ord. 108, passed 7-7-1992) Penalty, see § 10.99