(A) Declaration of policy.
(1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the city to bring about through fair, orderly and lawful procedures, the opportunity of each person to obtain housing without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental handicap, marital status, parenthood or age.
(2) It is further declared that the policy is established upon a recognition of the inalienable rights of each individual to obtain housing without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental handicap marital status, parenthood, age; and further that the denial of those rights through considerations based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental handicap, marital status, parenthood or age is detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the city and constitutes an unjust denial or deprivation of the inalienable rights which is within the power and the proper responsibility of government to prevent.
(B) Interpretation and effect. This chapter shall in no way be interpreted as creating a judicial right or remedy which is the same or substantially equivalent to the remedies provided under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended or the Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. § 1691). All aggrieved parties shall retain the rights granted to them to Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended and the Federal Equal Opportunity Act. In construing this chapter, it is the intent of the City Council that the courts shall be guided by Federal Court Interpretations of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, and the Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act, where appropriate.
(Ord. 1106-01, passed - -)