APPENDICES
APPENDIX F. Housing Discrimination Ordinance.
Sec. 4. Discrimination in sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices.
Except as exempted by § 3 of this ordinance, it shall be
unlawful:
(a) To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide
offer, or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make
unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion,
sex, familial status, national origin, disability, marital status, or source of
income;
(b) To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or
privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provisions of services or
facilities in connection with the sale or rental of a dwelling, because of race,
color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, disability, marital
status, or source of income;
(c) To make, print or publish, or cause to be
made, printed or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect
to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation or
discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national
origin, disability, marital status, or source of income, or an intention to make
any preference, limitation, or discrimination;
(d) To represent to any
person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin,
disability, marital status, or source of income that any dwelling is not
available for inspection, sale, or rental when the dwelling is in fact
available;
(e) To discriminate in the sale or rental, or otherwise make
unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of the race,
color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, disability, marital
status, or source of income of:
(1) The buyer or renter; or
(2) A person
residing or intending to reside in the dwelling after it is so sold, rented, or
made available.
(f) To refuse to permit at the expense of a disabled person,
reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by the
individual if:
(1) The modifications may be necessary to afford the disabled
person full enjoyment of the dwelling; and
(2) For a rental dwelling, the
tenant agrees, at the tenant’s expense to restore, reasonable wear and
tear excepted, the interior of the dwelling to the condition that existed before
the modification on vacating the dwelling;
(g) To refuse to make reasonable
accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services when the
accommodations may be necessary to afford a disabled individual equal
opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling; or
(h) To fail to design or
construct a multifamily dwelling for first occupancy as required under § 5
of this ordinance.
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