In order to effectuate this policy, it shall be an unfair housing practice and unlawful for any owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, managing agent, real estate broker or other person, firm or corporation having the right to sell, rent, lease or sublease any housing accommodation within the city, or any agent of any of these to discriminate against any person in regard to the sale, rental of, or dealing concerning any housing accommodation. Without limiting the foregoing, it shall be an unfair housing practice and unlawful for any of the foregoing persons, firm, corporation, or institution to do the following:
(A) Refuse to sell, lease, transfer or rent any housing accommodation in the city or refuse to negotiate for the transfer or otherwise make unavailable or deny any housing accommodation to any person because of race, color, sex, marital status, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental handicap, blindness or HIV-positive status;
(B) Discriminate against any person in the price, terms, conditions or privileges of any kind relating to the sale, rental, transfer, lease or occupancy of any housing accommodation in the city or in the furnishing of any services or facilities in connection therewith;
(C) Publish, circulate, issue or display or cause to be published, circulated, issued or displayed, any communication, notice, statement, advertisement, sign or other writing of any kind relating to the sale, rental, transfer or lease of any housing accommodation within the city that will indicate or express any preference, limitation or discrimination in the sale, rental, transfer, lease or occupancy of the housing accommodation, predicated upon the race, color, sex, marital status, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental handicap, blindness or HIV-positive status of any prospective buyer, lessee or renter of the property;
(D) Discriminate or participate in discrimination in connection with borrowing or lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages or otherwise obtaining or making available funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodation in the city because of race, color, sex, marital status, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental handicap, blindness or HIV-positive status;
(E) Exploit or overcharge any person for housing accommodations because of race, color, sex, marital status, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental handicap, blindness or HIV-positive status;
(F) Represent to any person because of race, color, sex, marital status, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental handicap or blindness that any housing accommodation is not available for inspection, sale or rental when the housing accommodation is in fact so available; deliberately and knowingly refuse examination of any listings of housing accommodations within the city to any person because of race, color, sex, marital status, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental handicap, blindness or HIV-positive status; or enter into any listing agreement which prohibits sale or rental of any housing accommodation to any person or act or undertake to act with respect to any real estate, the disposition of which is prohibited to any person because of race, color, sex, marital status, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental handicap, blindness or HIV-positive status;
(G) Solicit for sale, lease or listing for sale or lease residential real estate within the city on the ground of loss of value due to the present or prospective entry into any neighborhood of any person or persons of any particular race, color, sex, marital status, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental handicap, blindness or HIV-positive status;
(H) Distribute or cause to be distributed written material or statements designed to induce any owner of any housing accommodation in the city to sell or lease his or her property because of any present or prospective change in the race, color, sex, marital status, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental handicap, blindness or HIV-positive status of persons in the neighborhood; and
(I) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit an owner from giving preference to prospective buyers or tenants for any reason other than race, color, sex, marital status, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental handicap, blindness or HIV-positive status.
(Ord. 78-8, passed 6-26-1978) Penalty, see § 10.99