(A) Solicitation. Discriminate against any person by soliciting for sale, rental, lease, listing or purchase any residential real estate on the grounds of loss of value due to the present or prospective entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person(s) of any particular race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, familial status, disability or physical or mental handicap. Solicit any owner to sell or rent or list residential property at any time after such person has notice that such owner does not desire to sell, rent, or list such residential property. For the purposes of this subsection, notice must be provided as follows:
(1) The notice may be given by the owner personally or by a third party in the owner's name, either in the form of an individual notice or a list, provided it complies with subdivision (2) below.
(2) Such notice shall be explicit as to whether each owner on the notice seeks to avoid both solicitation for listing and sale, or only for listing, or only for sale, as well as the period of time for which any avoidance is desired. The notice shall be dated and either of the following shall apply:
(a) Each owner shall have signed the notice; or
(b) The person or entity preparing the notice shall provide an accompanying affidavit to the effect that all the names on the notice are, in fact, genuine as to the identity of the persons listed and that such persons have requested not to be solicited as indicated.
(3) The individual notice or notice in the form of a list with the accompanying affidavit shall be served personally or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
(B) Statements. Discriminate against any person by distributing or causing to be distributed written material or statements designed to induce any owner of residential real estate to sell or lease his or her property because of any present or prospective changes in the race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, familial status, disability or physical or mental handicap of residents in the vicinity of the property involved.
(C) Creating alarm. Discriminate against any person by intentionally creating alarm among residents of any community by transmitting communications in any manner, including a telephone call, whether or not conversation thereby ensues, with a design to induce any owner of residential real estate to sell or lease his or her property because of any present or prospective entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person(s) of any particular race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, familial status, disability or physical or mental handicap.
(D) Steering. Discriminate against any person by steering his or her choices in connection with seeking, negotiating for, buying or renting a dwelling so as to perpetuate, or tend to perpetuate, segregated housing patterns, or by discouraging or obstructing choices in a community, neighborhood or development. Prohibited actions under this subsection, which are generally referred to as unlawful steering practices, shall include, but are not limited to:
(1) Discouraging any person from inspecting, purchasing or renting a dwelling because of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, familial status, disability or physical or mental handicap or because of the race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, familial status, disability or physical or mental handicap of persons in a community, neighborhood, or development.
(2) Discouraging the purchase or rental of a dwelling because of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, familial status, disability or physical or mental handicap by exaggerating drawbacks or failing to inform any person of desirable features of a dwelling or of a community, neighborhood or development.
(3) Communicating to any prospective purchaser that he or she would not be comfortable or compatible with existing residents of a community, neighborhood or development because of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, familial status, disability or physical or mental handicap.
(4) Assigning any person to a particular section of a community, neighborhood or development, or to a particular floor of a building, because of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, familial status, disability or physical or mental handicap.
(Ord. 94-0-032, passed 5-17-94) Penalty, see § 102.99