(A) Policy. It is hereby declared the policy of the Village to assure full and equal opportunity to all residents of the Village to obtain fair and adequate housing for themselves and their families in the Village without discrimination against them because of their race, color, sex, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, military discharge status or source of income.
(B) Discrimination Prohibited. It is further declared to be the policy of the Village that no owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, managing agent, or other person, firm or corporation having the right to sell, rent or lease any housing accommodation, within the Village, or any agent of any of these, should refuse to sell, rent, lease, or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations because of such person's or group of persons' race, color, sex, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, familial status, military discharge status or source of income of such person or persons or discriminate against any person because of such person's race, color, sex, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, familial status, military discharge status or source of income in the terms, conditions, or privileges or the sale, rental or lease of any housing accommodation or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith.
(C) Applicability. Any owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, managing agent, or other person, firm or corporation having the right to sell, rent or lease any housing accommodation within the Village who shall exercise any function of selling, renting, leasing or subleasing any housing accommodation within the Village shall be deemed subject to all applicable provisions hereof. Any real estate broker who shall exercise any function of a real estate broker within the Village shall be subject to all applicable provisions hereof.
(D) If any section, subsection, sentence or clause of this chapter shall be adjudged, by a court of competent jurisdiction, unconstitutional or invalid, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole or of every other section, subsection, sentence or clause not adjudged unconstitutional or invalid.
(Ord. 06-2574, passed 5-9-06)