[R.O. 1957, 10:13-1, adopted Apr. 6, 1970]
(a) 
No owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, real estate agent, broker, or managing agent of, or any salesman, employee or agent therefor or other person having the right of ownership or possession of or the right to sell or rent any real property, shall discriminate in the sale or rental of such property.
(b) 
Unlawful discrimination as used in this section shall mean the commission of one or more of the following acts because of the race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin or ancestry of a potential transferee or lessee of any real property or portion thereof or interest therein:
(1) 
The refusal: (A) To sell, rent, assign, lease, or sublease, (B) To offer for sale, rental, assignment, lease, or sublease; or, (C) To negotiate for the sale, rental, assignment, lease, or sublease of such real property.
(2) 
The denial or withholding of such real property or any facilities connected therewith or the representation that such real property is unavailable for inspection, sale, rental, assignment, lease, or sublease, when in fact it is so available.
(3) 
The offering of less favorable services, facilities, terms, conditions or privileges.
(c) 
No person, or other legal entity shall discriminate in the public advertisement for the sale or rental of real property.
(d) 
Discrimination in the public advertisement shall mean the printing, publishing, circulating, issuing, displaying, posting or mailing, or the causing of the same, of any statement, advertisement, publication, or sign which by its terms promotes the sale of real property, rental, assignment, lease or sublease in violation of Subsection (a) hereof.
(e) 
Excepted from the foregoing provisions of this section shall be:
(1) 
Restrictions or limitations based upon age or sex, where the age or sex restriction or limitation is material to the type of housing offered for sale or rental or the facilities available therein;
(2) 
The rental of a room or rooms to another person by the owner or occupant of a one-family dwelling occupied by him as his residence or the household of his family at the time of such rental, provided that the owner, directly or indirectly, has neither advertised the availability of the room or rooms, nor employed a real estate broker or salesman to aid in such rental.
[R.O. 1957, 10:13-2, adopted Apr. 6, 1970]
(a) 
No person, bank, banking organization, mortgage company, insurance company or other financial institution or lender to whom application is made for financial assistance for the purchase, acquisition, construction rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any real property or part or portion thereof, or any agent or employee thereof shall:
(1) 
Discriminate against any person because of the race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin or ancestry of such person or of the prospective occupants or tenants of such real property or part or portion thereof, in the granting, withholding, extending, modifying or renewing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms, conditions or provisions 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 to make any record or inquiry in connection with applications for such financial assistance which expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, or ancestry, or any intent to make any such limitation, specification, or discrimination.
(b) 
Excepted from the foregoing provisions shall be:
(1) 
Limitations placed by any bona fide religious or ethnic group or association, or fraternal order limiting such financing to members of such religious or ethnic corporation or association, club, or fraternal order; and,
(2) 
Restrictions or limitations based upon age, where such restriction or limitation is material to the risk assumed.
[R.O. 1957, 10:3-3, adopted Apr. 6, 1970]
(a) 
No person shall perform one or more of the following acts:
(1) 
Induce or attempt to induce the sale or listing for sale of real property by representing that presence or anticipated presence of persons of any particular race, religion, or national origin in the area will or may result in:
(A) 
The lowering of property values;
(B) 
An increase in the criminal or anti-social behavior in the area;
(C) 
The decline in the quality of the school serving the area; or,
(D) 
Any adverse change with respect to the general racial, religious or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the property is located.
(2) 
Make any misrepresentations or false advertisement concerning the listing for sale or rental, or the anticipated listing for sale or rental or the actual sale or rental of real property in the block, neighborhood, or area for the purpose of inducing or attempting to induce the sale or listing for sale of real property, or to make any representation to any prospective purchaser that any block, neighborhood, or area has, will or might undergo an adverse change with respect to the religious, racial, or ethnic composition of such block, neighborhood, or area, for the purpose of discouraging a purchaser of property in the particular area.
[R.O. 1957, 10:13-4, adopted Apr. 6, 1970]
No person shall engage in any economic reprisal or other form of intimidation against any person because such person has filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or conference under the terms of this article.
[R.O. 1957, 10:13-5, adopted Apr. 6, 1970]
No person shall aid, abet, attempt, incite, compel, coerce, hire or conspire with others to engage in any of the practices forbidden by this article or to obstruct or prevent, or to attempt to obstruct or prevent, any person from complying with the provisions of this article.
[R.O. 1957, 10:13-6, adopted Apr. 6, 1970]
(a) 
Any person aggrieved by a violation of this article may file a complaint in the Municipal Court against the alleged violator.
(b) 
In the event the complainant wishes, in lieu of filing a citizen's complaint, to request the aid of the City in the enforcement of this article, such aggrieved person may by himself, or through his attorney, execute, and file with the Executive Director of the Human Relations Commission, a verified statement in writing specifying the alleged violation, setting forth such facts as shall be required by the City Administrator, or his designee. Thereafter the Executive Director of the Human Relations Commission shall cause a prompt investigation to be made of the alleged unlawful practice and transmit such investigation, with or without his recommendation as to any proposed action, to the City Administrator, or his designee, who shall within seven (7) days of the receipt of such investigation report, either:
(1) 
Recommend to the Prosecutor of the City that a complaint should be filed in the name of the City in the Municipal Court alleging one or more violations of this article;
(2) 
Notify the complainant that there appears to be no probable cause for the complaint; or,
(3) 
Refer the matter to any agency of the City to perform further investigation or to the Human Relations Commission to attempt to effect conciliation between the complainant and the alleged violator of the Article. Such agency shall act upon such reference to effect such conciliation within fourteen (14) days of such reference. If conciliation cannot be effected, the head of such City agency or the Executive Director of the Human Relations Commission shall submit a report of all attempts at conciliation to the City Administrator, or his designee, together with such agency's recommendations as to further action. The City Administrator, or his designee, shall thereupon reevaluate the matter and within seven (7) days either refer the matter to the Prosecutor of the City as set forth in Subsection (b) (1) or notify the complainant that there appears to be no probable cause for the complaint, as set forth in Subsection (b) (2).
[R.O. 1957, 10:13-7, adopted Apr. 6, 1970]
The provisions contained in this article shall not supersede, limit, or replace the rights and remedies provided for an aggrieved party under any Federal, State, or Municipal statute or ordinance, but, rather, this article shall be deemed to create additional remedies for such aggrieved party.