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It is a fair housing violation for an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or for a real estate broker or salesperson, because of unlawful discrimination or familial status, to:
(A) Refuse to engage in a real estate transaction or otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling to a person including the making of loans or the provision of other financial assistance for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling; or the making of loans or the provision of other financial assistance secured by residential real estate;
(B) Alter the terms, conditions or privileges of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
(C) Refuse to receive or to fail to transmit a bona fide offer to engage in a real estate transaction from a person;
(D) Refuse to negotiate for a real estate transaction with a person;
(E) Represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when, in fact, it is so available, or to fail to bring a property listing to his or her attention, or to refuse to permit him or her to inspect real property;
(F) Print, circulate, post, mail, publish or cause to be so published a written or oral statement, advertisement or sign, or to use a form of application for a real estate transaction, or to make a record or inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate transaction, which expresses any limitation or preference founded upon, or indicated, directly or indirectly, with an intent to engage in unlawful discrimination or discrimination based on familial status;
(G) Offer, solicit, accept, use or retain a listing of real property with knowledge that unlawful discrimination or discrimination on the basis of familial status in a real estate transaction is intended; and/or
(H) Deny a person access to, membership or participation in the multiple listing service, real estate brokers organization or other service.
(Prior Code, § 118.003) (Ord. 2011-016, passed 6-20-2011) Penalty, see § 117.99
(A) It is a fair housing violation to refuse to sell or rent or to otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a disability of that buyer or renter, or disability of a person residing or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented or made available or a disability of any person associated with the buyer or renter.
(B) It is a fair housing violation to alter the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling or the provision of services or facilities in connection with such dwelling because of a person’s disability or a disability of any person residing or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented or made available, or a disability of any person associated with that person.
(C) It is a fair housing violation:
(1) To refuse to permit, at the expense of the person with a disability, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises; except that, in the case of a rental, the landlord may, where it is reasonable to do so, condition permission for a modification on the renter agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before modifications, reasonable wear and tear excepted. A landlord may condition permission for a modification on the renter providing a reasonable description of the proposed modifications as well as reasonable assurances that the work will be done in a workmanlike manner and that any required building permits will be obtained; and/or
(2) To refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford a person with a disability equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.
(Prior Code, § 118.004) (Ord. 2011-016, passed 6-20-2011) Penalty, see § 117.99
It is a fair housing violation for any person to:
(A) Solicit for sale, lease, listing or purchase any residential real estate within the village, on the grounds of loss of value due to the present or prospective entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person or persons of any particular race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual preference, marital status, familial status or disability;
(B) Distribute or cause to be distributed, written material or statements designed to induce any owner of residential real estate in the village to sell or lease his or her property because of any present or prospective changes in the race, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual preference, marital status, familial status or disability of residents in the vicinity of the property involved; and/or
(C) Intentionally create alarm, among residents of any community, by transmitting communications in any manner, including a telephone call whether or not conversation thereby ensues, with a design to induce any owner of residential real estate in the village to sell or lease his or her property because of any present or prospective entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person or persons of any particular race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual preference, marital status, familial status or disability.
(Prior Code, § 118.005) (Ord. 2011-016, passed 6-20-2011) Penalty, see § 117.99
(A) Sale of a single-family home, condominium or separately-owned half of a duplex by its owner so long as:
(1) The owner does not own or have a beneficial interest in more than three single-family homes at the time of the sale;
(2) The owner was the last current resident of the home;
(3) The home is sold without the use in any manner of the sales or rental facilities or services of any real estate broker or salesperson, or of any employee or agent of any real estate broker or salesperson; and/or
(4) The home is sold without the publication, posting or mailing, after notice, of any advertisement or written notice in violation of § 117.03(F) of this chapter.
(B) Rental of a dwelling unit in a building containing four or fewer dwelling units, if the lessor resides in one of the dwelling units;
(C) Reasonable local, state or federal restrictions regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy a dwelling;
(D) A religious organization, association or society, or any non-profit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of a dwelling which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion is restricted on account of race, color or national origin;
(E) Restricting the rental of rooms in a dwelling to persons of one gender where compelling privacy reasons exist;
(F) Restricting the sale or rental of real property to persons who have been convicted by any Court of competent jurisdiction of the illegal manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance, or persons on the state sex offender list; and/or
(G) Persons engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property from taking into consideration factors other than those based on unlawful discrimination or familial status in furnishing appraisals.
(Prior Code, § 118.006) (Ord. 2011-016, passed 6-20-2011)
No provision in § 117.02 of this chapter regarding familial status shall apply with respect to housing for older persons.
(Prior Code, § 118.007) (Ord. 2011-016, passed 6-20-2011)
Persons found to have violated this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500, nor more than $750, for each offense. Each day a violation continues, and each separate publication of a notice violating this chapter, constitutes a separate offense.
(Prior Code, § 118.008) (Ord. 2011-016, passed 6-20-2011)