For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(a) "Commercial housing" means housing accommodations held or offered for sale or rent by a real estate broker, salesman, or agent, or by any other person pursuant to authorization of the owner, by the owner himself, or by legal representatives.
(b) "Discriminate" includes segregate or separate.
(c) "Gender identity or Expression" means having or being perceived as having a gender identity or expression whether or not that gender identity or expression is different from that traditionally associated with the sex assigned to that individual at birth.
(d) "Housing accommodations" means any building or structure or portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied as the home residence or sleeping place of one or more individuals, groups, or families, whether or not living independently of each other; and any vacant land offered for sale or leased for commercial housing.
(e) "Person" means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and other organized groups of persons. This term also includes, but is not limited to, any owner, lessor, assignor, builder, manager, broker, salesman, agent, employee, lending institution and, to the extent possible, all governmental agencies, state and federal, the state, and all political subdivisions, authorities, agencies, boards, and commissions thereof.
(f) "Personal residence" means a building or structure or portion thereof containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by one or more individuals, groups, or families, whether or not living independently of each other, and occupied by the owner thereof as a bona fide residence for himself and any members of his family forming his household.
(g) "Restrictive covenant" means any specification limiting the transfer, rental, lease, or other use of any housing because of race, color, religion ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, military status, or handicap, or any limitation based upon affiliation with or approval by any person, directly or indirectly, employing race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, military status, or handicap as a condition of affiliation or approval.
(h) "Sexual Orientation" means actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality.
(Ord. 18-090. Passed 5-14-18.)