(a) "Ascribed status" pertains to an individual's race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, familial status, age, sexual orientation, national origin, and/or handicap.
(b) "Board" means the Fair Housing Review Board created by this chapter in Section 515.11.
(c) "Covered multi-family dwellings" means buildings consisting of four or more units if such buildings have one or more elevators and ground floor units in other buildings consisting of four or more units.
(d) "Demographic composition" means any description of a geographical area by reference to its residents' ascribed status.
(e) "Discriminate" or "discrimination" means to separate or segregate persons in a particular manner solely or in part because of ascribed status provided that "discriminate" or "discrimination" shall not include special outreach efforts conducted by or under the authority of units of local government (including agencies, departments and commissions thereof) or non-profit fair housing corporations or agencies to ensure that persons of minority groups are fully informed of, and have access to, available dwelling opportunities in areas of present or prospective majority group concentration, or to ensure that persons of the majority group are fully informed of and have access to available dwelling opportunities in areas of present or prospective minority group concentration.
(f) "Dwelling" means a building or structure, or part thereof, used or designed or intended to be used for residential purposes, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure, or portion thereof.
(g) "Familial status" means:
(1) One or more individuals who have not attained the age of eighteen years being domiciled with either:
A. A parent or another person having legal custody of such individual or individuals; or
B. The designee of such parent or other person having such custody, with the written permission of such parent or other such person; or
(2) Any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the age of eighteen years.
(h) "Handicap" means, with respect to a person:
(1) A physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities; or
(2) A record of having such an impairment; or
(3) Being regarded as having such an impairment; but such term does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, a controlled substance as defined in 21 U.S.C. §802.
(i) "Housing for older persons" means housing:
(1) Provided under any State or Federal program that is determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under 42 U.S.C. 3607 to be specifically designed and operated to assist elderly persons; or
(2) Intended for, and solely occupied by, persons sixty-two years of age or older; or
(3) Intended and operated for occupancy by persons fifty-five years of age or older, and brought into compliance with the conditions set forth in 42 U.S.C. 3607(b)(2)(C).
(j) "Lending institution" means any bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or other organization or person regularly engaged in the business of lending money, guaranteeing loans for profit, or otherwise providing financial assistance or insurance in connection with the purchase, sale or rental of dwellings.
(k) "Person" includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under Title 11, receivers, and fiduciaries.
(l) "Purchase" means to obtain a dwelling through a sale.
(m) "Real estate agent" means a real estate broker or salesman, or a limited real estate broker or salesman, as defined in Section 4735.01 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(n) "Rent" or "rental" means to lease, sublease, assign or otherwise grant or obtain the right to occupy a dwelling not owned by the occupant in return for consideration, or a contract or option to do any of the foregoing.
(o) "Sale" or "sell" means to convey, exchange, transfer, or assign legal or equitable title to, or beneficial interest in, a dwelling in return for consideration, or a contract or option to do any of the foregoing.
(p) "Solicit" or "solicitation" means any conduct by a real estate agent, or an employee or agent thereof, intended to induce the owner of a dwelling within the Village to sell, rent, or list the same for sale or rental.
(Ord. 2010-36. Passed 9-21-10.)