(a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person to:
(1) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, finance or otherwise deny or withhold housing accommodation from any person because of the race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, place of birth, handicap, age or national origin of any prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing;
(2) Represent to any person that housing is not available for inspection when in fact it is so available;
(3) Refuse to lend money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing, or otherwise withhold financing of housing from any person because of the race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, place of birth, handicap, age or national origin of a present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing, provided such person, whether an individual, corporation or association of any type, lends money as one of the principal aspects of his or her business or incidental to his or her principal business, and not only as a part of the purchase price of any owner-occupied residence he or she is selling nor merely casually or occasionally to a relative or friend;
(4) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of selling, transferring, assigning, renting, leasing or subleasing any housing or in furnishing facilities, services or privileges in connection with the ownership, occupancy or use of any housing because of the race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, place of birth, handicap, age or national origin of any prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing;
(5) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of any loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing because of the race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, place of birth, handicap, age or national origin of any prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing;
(6) Print, publish or circulate any statement or advertisement relating to the sale, transfer, assignment, rental, lease, sublease or acquisition of any housing or the loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing, which statement or advertisement indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based upon race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, place of birth, handicap, age or national origin;
(7) Make any inquiry, elicit any information, make or keep any record or use any form of application containing questions or entries concerning race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, place of birth, handicap, age or national origin in connection with the sale or lease of any housing or the loan of any money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing;
(8) Include in any transfer, rental or lease of housing any restrictive covenant, or honor or exercise, or attempt to honor or exercise, any such restrictive covenant, provided that the prior inclusion of a restrictive covenant in the chain of title shall not be deemed a violation of this provision;
(9) Induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit a housing listing, sale or transaction by representing that a change has occurred or may occur with respect to the racial, religious or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located, or induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit such sale or listing by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, place of birth, handicap, age or national origin in the area will or may have results such as the following:
A. The lowering of property values;
B. A change in the racial, religious or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located;
C. An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area; or
D. A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area;
(10) Deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers’ organization or other service, organization or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him or her in the terms or conditions of such access, membership or participation, on account of race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, place of birth, handicap, age or national origin;
(11) Discourage or attempt to discourage the purchase by a prospective purchaser of housing by representing that any block, neighborhood or area has or might undergo a change with respect to the religious, racial or nationality composition of the block, neighborhood or area; or
(12) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, finance or otherwise deny or withhold a burial lot from any person because of the race, color, sex, ancestry, religion, place of birth, age or national origin of any prospective owner or user of such lot.
(b) The terms and provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the rental of housing accommodations in his or her personal residence by the owner or occupier thereof when occupied by him or her as a bona fide residence for himself or herself and any member of his or her family forming a household.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any person selling or renting property to modify such property in any way or to exercise a higher degree of care for a person having a handicap, nor shall it be construed to relieve any handicapped person of any obligation generally imposed on all persons regardless of handicap in a written lease, rental agreement or contract of purchase or sale, or to forbid distinctions based on the inability to fulfill the terms and conditions, including financial obligations, of the lease, agreement or contract.
(Ord. 71-41. Passed 1-17-72; Ord. 74-18. Passed 5-20-74; Ord. 79-15. Passed 8-6-79.)