It shall be unlawful discriminatory practice for any person to do any of the following:
(a) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, finance or otherwise deny or withhold housing accommodations from any person because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability, age, pregnancy, height, weight, or veteran status of any prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing accommodation.
(b) Represent to any person that housing accommodations are not available for inspection when in fact they are so available.
(c) Refuse to lend money, whether secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing accommodations or otherwise withholding financing of housing accommodations from any person because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability, age, pregnancy, height, weight, or veteran status of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing accommodation, provided such person, whether an individual, corporation or association of any type, lends money as one of the principal aspects of his business and not only as a part of the purchase price of an owner-occupied residence he is selling nor merely casually or occasionally to a relative or friend.
(d) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of selling, transferring, assigning, renting, leasing or subleasing any housing accommodations or in furnishing facilities, services or privileges in connection with the ownership, occupancy or use of any housing accommodations, because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, disability, age, pregnancy, height, weight, or veteran status of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing accommodation.
(e) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of any loan of money, by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodations, because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability, age, pregnancy, height, weight, or veteran status of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing accommodations.
(f) Print, publish or circulate any statement or advertisement relating to the sale, transfer, assignment, rental, lease, sublease or acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing which indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability, age, pregnancy, height, weight, or veteran status.
(g) Make any inquiry, elicit any information, make or keep any record, or use any form of application containing questions or entries concerning race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability, age, pregnancy, height, weight, or veteran status in connection with the sale or lease of any housing accommodations or the loan of any money, whether or not secured by a mortgage or otherwise for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing accommodations.
(h) Include in any deed, land contract or lease of any housing accommodations any restrictive covenant, or honor or exercise or attempt to honor or exercise, any such restrictive covenant, provided that the prior inclusion of a restrictive covenant in the chain of title shall not be deemed a violation of this provision.
(i) Induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit any housing accommodations listing, sale or transaction by representing that a change has occurred or may occur with respect to the racial, religious, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood or area, in which the property is located, or induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit such sale or listing by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons who are pregnant or of any race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability, age, height, weight, or veteran status in the area will or may have results such as the following:
(1) The lowering of property value.
(2) A change in the racial, religious or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located.
(3) An increase in criminal or anti-social behavior in the area.
(4) A decline in the quality of schools serving the area.
(j) Discourage or attempt to discourage the purchase by prospective purchasers of any housing accommodations by representing that any block, neighborhood or area has or might undergo a change with respect to the religious, racial, national or sexual composition of the block, neighborhood or area.
(k) Nothing in this section shall bar any religious or denominational institution or organization, or any charitable or educational organization, which is operated, supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, or any bona fide private or fraternal organization, from giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination, or to members of such private or fraternal organization, or from making such selection as is calculated by such organization to promote the religious principles or the aims, purposes or fraternal principles for which it is established or maintained, unless membership in such organization is restricted on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability, age, pregnancy, height, weight, or veteran status.
(l) Discriminate in any manner against any other person because he has opposed any unlawful practice defined in this chapter, or because he has made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in any manner, in any investigation, proceeding or hearing under the provisions of this chapter.
(m) Nothing in this chapter shall require any person to offer housing or business accommodations for sale or lease or to show such accommodations to any person if such person is not negotiating for the purchase or lease thereof in good faith.
(Ord. 3399. Passed 4-4-17.)