As used in this Chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall have the meanings described in this section:
(a) “Discrimination" or "discriminate" means any difference in treatment in the sale, lease, rental or financing of dwelling units.
(b) "Dwelling unit" means:
(1) A single room, suite of rooms or an apartment or a dwelling occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by an individual, family or group of individuals living together; or
(2) A parcel of real property or a lot available for the construction of one or more dwelling units.
(c) "Lending institution" means any persons, as defined in this section, regularly engaged in the business of lending money or guaranteeing loans or procuring lending money or the guarantee of loans.
(d) "Owner" means the lessee, sublessee, assignee, managing agent or other person having the right of ownership or possession of, or the right to sell, rent or lease any dwelling unit.
(e) "Person" means an association, partnership or corporation, as well as a natural person. "Person" as applied to partnerships or other associations, includes their members and as applied to corporations, includes those officers having control of any dwelling unit falling within this chapter.
(f) "Agent" means a real estate broker, real estate salesman or agent and these terms mean any natural person, partnership, association or corporation, who for a fee or other valuable consideration sells, purchases, exchanges or rents or negotiates or offers or attempts to negotiate the sale, purchase, exchange or rental of the real estate property or holds himself out as engaged in the business of selling, purchasing, exchanging or renting the real property.
(g) "Disability" 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.
(2) A record of having such an impairment, or
(3) Being regarded as having such an impairment, but "disability" does not include current, illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance (as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)).
(h) "Familial status" means one or more individuals (who have not attained the age of eighteen years) being domiciled with:
(1) A parent or another person having legal custody of such individual or individuals; or
(2) The designee of such parent or other person having such custody, with the written permission of such parent or other person.
The protection afforded against discrimination on the basis of familial status shall apply to 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.
(i) As used in this Section, the term “gender identity or expression” shall have the same meaning as is set forth in Section 157.01(i) of these Codified Ordinances.
(j) As used in this Section, the term Sexual orientation” shall have the same meaning as is set forth in Section 157.01(j) of these Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. 17-50 AC CMS. Passed 10-16-17.)