(A) Unfair Housing Practices. It shall be an unfair housing practice and unlawful for any owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, managing agent, or other person, firm or corporation having the right to sell, rent, lease or sublease any housing accommodation, within the Village, or any agent of any of these, or any real estate broker licensed as such:
(1) To make any distinction, discrimination or restriction against any person in the price, terms, conditions or privileges of any kind relating to the sale, rental, lease or occupancy of any real estate used for residential purposes in the Village or in the furnishing of any facilities or services in connection therewith, predicated upon the 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 the prospective or actual buyer or tenant thereof.
(2) To publish, circulate, issue or display, or cause to be published, circulated, issued or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement, sign or other writing of any kind relating to the sale, rental or leasing of any residential real property within the Village which will indicate or express any limitation or discrimination in the sale, rental or leasing of such residential real estate, predicated upon the 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 any prospective buyer, lessee or renter of such property.
(3) To refuse to sell, lease or rent, any real estate for residential purposes within the Village because of the 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 the proposed buyer or renter.
(4) To discriminate or to participate in discrimination in connection with borrowing or lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages or otherwise obtaining or making available funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any residential housing unit or housing accommodation in the Village because of 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.
(5) To distribute or cause to be distributed, written material or statements designated to induce any owner of residential real estate in the Village to sell or lease his property because of any present or prospective changes in the 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 persons in the neighborhood.
(6) To deliberately and knowingly refuse examination of any listing of residential real estate within the Village to any person because of 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.
(B) Exemptions. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any of the following:
(1) Restricting rental or sale of a housing accommodation to a person of a certain age group (1) when such housing accommodation is authorized, approved, financed or subsidized in whole or in part for the benefit of that age group by a unit of state, local or federal government; or (2) when the duly recorded initial declaration of a condominium of community association limits such housing accommodations to persons above the age of 50; provided, that a person or the immediate family of a person owning or renting a unit in such housing accommodation prior to the recording of the initial declaration shall not be deemed to be in violation of the age restriction as long as the person or the person's immediate family continue to own or reside in the housing accommodation.
(2) A religious organization, association or society, or any not-for-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 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.
(3) Restricting the rental of rooms in a housing accommodation to persons of one sex.
(Ord. 06-2574, passed 5-9-06)