For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
DISCRIMINATION. Any direct or indirect act or practice of exclusion, distinction, restriction, segregation, limitation, refusal, denial, or any other act or practice of differentiation or preference in the treatment of a person or persons because of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, or the aiding, abetting, inciting, coercing, or compelling thereof.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. Any person as defined herein, engaged in the business of lending money or guaranteeing losses.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATION. Improved and unimproved property, including a building, structure, mobile home, trailer, or portion thereof which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied as a home or residence of 1 or more individuals.
OWNER. The person, firm, or corporation in whom is vested the ownership, dominion, or title of property. He or she who has dominion of a thing, real or personal, corporeal or incorporeal, which he or she has the right to enjoy and do with as he or she pleases, as far as the law permits, unless he or she is prevented by some agreement or covenant which restrains his or her right.
PERSON. Individuals, children, firms, associations, joint ventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations.
POSSESSOR. One who possesses; one who has possession, such as lessee, sublease, co-tenant, managing agent, or other person having the right of possession.
REAL ESTATE BROKER or REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON. Any individual, whether licensed or not, who on behalf of others for a fee, commission, salary, or other valuable consideration, or who with the intention or expectation of receiving or collecting the same, lists, sells, purchases, exchanges, rents, or leases any real estate or the improvements thereon, including options; who negotiates or attempts to negotiate an activity; who negotiates or attempts to negotiate a loan, secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance on a transfer of real estate; who is engaged in the business of charging an advance fee or contracting for collection of a fee in connection with a contract whereby he or she undertakes to promote the sale, purchase, exchange, rental, or lease of real estate through its listing in a publication issued primarily for that purpose; or an individual employed by or acting on behalf of any of these.
REAL PROPERTY. Buildings, structures, real estate, lands, tenements, leaseholds, cooperatives, condominiums, and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, or any interest in them.
(1989 Code, § 94.03) (Ord. passed 11-28-1980)