(A) Exemptions and exclusions are:
(1) Hereof all transactions involving the rental of units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of the units as his or her residence;
(2) The rental of single room in a dwelling containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than one family if the person offering the room for rental actually maintains and occupies the remainder of the dwelling as his or her residence and not more than four rooms are offered; and
(3) Any single-family house sold or rented by an owner; provided, that the private individual owner does not own more than three single-family houses at any one time: provided further, that in the case of the sale of any single-family house by a private individual owner not residing in the house at the time of the sale or who was not the most recent resident of the house prior to the sale, the exemption granted by this division shall apply only with respect to one sale within any 24-month period: provided further, that the bona fide private individual owner does not own any interest in, nor is there owned or reserved on his or her behalf, under any express or voluntary agreement, title to or any right to all or a portion of the proceeds from the sale or rental of, more than three single-family houses at any one time: provided further, that the sale or rental of any single-family house shall be excepted from the application of this chapter only if the house is sold or rented:
(a) Without the use in any manner of the sales or rental facilities or the sales or rental services of any real estate broker, agent or salesman, or of the facilities or services of any person in the business of selling or renting dwellings or of any employee or agent, salesman or person; and
(b) Without the publication, posting or mailing, after notice, of any advertisement or written notice in violation of § 103.03(A)(3) of this chapter; but nothing in this proviso shall prohibit the use of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title companies and other professional assistance as necessary to perfect or transfer the title.
(B) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a religious organization, association or society, or any non-profit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to the persons, unless membership in the religion is restricted on account of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental handicap, status as a student, marital status, parenthood, sexual orientation or age.
(C) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a bona fide private club not in fact open to the public, which as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes provides lodgings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of the lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members.
(Ord. 362, passed 4-11-1977)