(a) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by not more than two families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of such living quarters as his or her residence.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any single-family house sold or rented by an owner if such private individual owner does not own more than three single-family houses at any one time, provided that in the case of the sale of any such single-family house by a private individual owner not residing in such house at the time of such sale or who was not the most recent resident of such house prior to such sale, the exemption granted by this subsection shall apply only with respect to one such sale within any twenty-four month period, and provided, further, that such house is sold or rented without the use in any manner of the sales or rental services or facilities of any real estate broker, agent or salesperson. However, nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the use of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title companies and other such professional assistance as necessary to perfect or transfer the title.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall bar any religious or denominational institution or organization, or any nonprofit, charitable or educational organization that is operated, supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference in the sale, rental or occupancy of such a dwelling to persons of the same religion. Nothing in this chapter shall bar any bona fide private or fraternal organization which, incidental to its primary purpose, owns or operates lodging for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of the lodging to its members or from giving preference to its members.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any person selling or renting dwellings to modify such dwellings in any way or to exercise a higher degree of care for a person having a handicap, nor shall anything in this chapter be construed to relieve any handicapped person of any obligation generally imposed on all persons, regardless of handicap, in a written lease, rental agreement or contract of purchase or sale, or to forbid distinctions based on the inability to fulfill the terms and conditions, including financial obligations, of the lease, agreement or contract.
(Ord. 142-88. Passed 6-20-88.)