§ 4-2002 — DEFINITIONS

Sec. 4-2002. - DEFINITIONS.

Except where the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings: Hearing Board. That body of citizens duly appointed by the Council to hear, make determinations and issue findings in all cases of discriminatory practices in housing resulting from conciliation failure. At least one (1) resident appointment to the board shall be a non-owner tenant of a residential unit that serves as their primary residence within the City. The Hearing Board shall be known as the Fair Housing Advisory Board. Conciliation Agreement. A written agreement or statement setting forth the terms of the agreement mutually signed and subscribed to by both complainant(s) and respondent(s) and witnessed by a duly authorized enforcing agent. Conciliation Failure. Any failure to obtain a conciliation agreement between the parties to the discrimination charge or a breach thereof. Discrimination. Any direct or indirect act or practice of exclusion, distinction, restriction, segregation, limitation, refusal, denial, or any other act or practice of differentiation or preference in the treatment of a person or persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or sex, or the aiding, abetting, inciting, coercing or compelling thereof. Real Property. Buildings, structures, real estate, lands, tenements, leaseholds, cooperatives, condominiums, and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, or any interest in the above. Housing Accommodations. Improved and unimproved property and means a building, structure, lot or part thereof which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied, as a home or residence of one (1) or more individuals. Real Estate Operator. Any individual or combination of individuals, labor unions, joint apprenticeship committees, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees in bank-mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustee in bankruptcy, receivers or other legal or commercial entity, the City or County or any of its agencies or any owner of real property that is engaged in the business of selling, purchasing, exchanging, renting or leasing real estate, or the improvements thereof, including options, or that derives income, in whole or in part, from the sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease of real estate; or an individual employed by or acting on behalf of any of these. Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Salesman. An individual, whether licensed or not, who, on behalf of others, for a fee, commission, salary or other valuable consideration, or who with the intention or expectation of receiving or collecting the same, lists, sells, purchases, exchanges, rents or leases real estate, or the improvements thereon, including options, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate on behalf of others such an activity; or who advertises or holds themselves out as engaged in such activities; or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate on behalf of others a loan secured by mortgage or other encumbrances upon a transfer of real estate, or who is engaged in the business of charging an advance fee or contracting for collection of a fee in connection with a contract whereby he undertakes to promote the sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease of real estate through its listing in a publication issued primarily for such purpose, or an individual employed by or acting on behalf of any of these.

(Code 1959, Sec. 26-2; Ord. No. 2021-221, §1, 4-20-21; Ord. No. (2025) 774, § 1, 8-19-25)