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A. No owner, lessor, lessee, sublessee, subtenant assignee, occupant, real estate broker, real estate salesman, managing agent, or other person having the right to sell, rent, lease, sublease, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of a housing accommodation shall refuse to sell, rent, lease, sublease, assign, transfer, or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations, or segregate the use thereof, or represent that such housing accommodations are not available for inspection when in fact they are so available, or expel or evict an occupant from a housing accommodation, or discriminate in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental, lease, sublease, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any such housing accommodation or in the furnishing of facilities or services in the connection therewith because of the race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, age, familial status, disability, or sex.

B. It shall be unlawful to discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a disability.

1. For purposes of this section, discrimination shall include:

a. A refusal to permit, at the expense of the handicapped person, reasonable modification of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person, including common use areas, if such modification may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises except that, in the case of a rental, the landlord may, where it is reasonable to do so, condition permission for a modification on the renter agreeing to restore the interior of the premises as the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted.

b. A refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.

2. Nothing in this section requires that a dwelling be made available to an individual whose tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of another individual or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the property of others.

C. A real estate broker, agent, salesman, or employee shall not, because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, age, familial status, disability, or sex of an occupant, purchaser, prospective occupant, or prospective purchaser do any of the following:

1. Refuse to list or intentionally fail to list or discriminate in listing a housing accommodation for sale, rent, lease, or sublease;

2. Refuse or intentionally fail to show to a prospective occupant the housing accommodation listed for sale, rental, lease, or sublease;

3. Refuse or intentionally fail to accept and/or transmit to an owner any reasonable offer to purchase, lease, rent or sublease a housing accommodation.

D. No person, bank, banking organization, mortgage company, insurance company, or other financial institution or lender, or any agent or employee thereof to whom application is made for financial assistance for the purchase, lease, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of any housing accommodation shall do any of the following:

1. Discriminate against any person or group of persons because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, age, familial status, disability, or sex of such person or group of persons or of the prospective occupants or tenants of such property in the granting, withholding, extending, modifying, or renewing, or in the rates, terms, conditions, or privileges of any such financial assistance or in the extension of services in connection therewith; or

2. Use any form of application for such financial assistance, or make any record of inquiry in connection with application for such financial assistance which expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination on the ground of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, age, familial status, disability, or sex.

E. An owner, person, occupant, real estate broker, agent, salesman, employee, or lender shall not do any of the following:

1. Require any information, make or keep any record, or use any form of application containing questions or entries concerning race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, age, familial status, disability, or sex in connection with the sale, rental, lease, or sublease of any housing accommodation;

2. Publish, circulate, issue, or display, or cause to be published, circulated, issued, or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement, or sign of any kind relating to the sale, rental, lease, sublease, assignment, transfer, or listing of a housing accommodation or accommodations which indicate any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, age, familial status, disability, or sex;

3. Aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of any act defined in this chapter as an unfair housing practice; or obstruct or discriminate against a person in any manner because he has complied or proposes to comply with the provisions of this chapter or has filed a complaint, testified, or assisted in any proceeding under this chapter, or any order issued thereunder; or attempt, either directly or indirectly, to commit any act defined in this section to be an unfair housing practice or apply any economic sanctions or deny any membership privileges because of compliance with the provisions of this section. [Ord. 1998-08-067 § 1; Ord. 8573 § 12(C), 1977].