This chapter shall not apply to:
(A) A religious organization, association, society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operating, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, which limits the sale, rental, or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or which gives preference to those persons, unless membership in the religion is restricted on account of race, color, sex, or national origin;
(B) A private club not in fact open to the public, which as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes, provides lodgings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, and which limits the rental or occupancy of the lodgings to its members or gives preference to its members;
(C) Rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than 4 families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies 1 of the living quarters as his or her residence; or
(D) Any single-family house sold or rented by an owner as long as the private individual owner does not own more than 3 single-family houses at any 1 time. In addition, in the case of the sale of any single-family house by a private individual owner not residing in the house at the time or prior to the sale, the exemption granted by this division shall apply only with respect to 1 sale within any 24 month period. Further, the bona fide private individual owner shall not own any interest in, nor shall there be owned or reserved on his or her behalf, under any express or voluntary agreement, title to or any right to all or a portion of the proceeds from the sale or rental of, more than 3 single-family houses at any 1 time. Finally, the sale or rental of any single-family house shall be excepted from the application of this section only if the house is sold or rented:
(1) Without the use of any manner of the sales or rental facilities or the sales or rental services of any real estate broker, agent, or salesperson, or of the facilities or services of any person in the business of selling or renting dwellings, or of any employee or agent of any broker, agent, salesperson, or person; and
(2) Without the publication, posting, or mailing, after notice, of any advertisement or written notice in violation of the provisions of 42 U.S.C.§ 3604(c). However, nothing in this provision shall prohibit the use of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title companies, and other professional assistance as necessary to perfect or transfer the title.
(1989 Code, § 94.11) (Ord. passed 11-28-1980)