Definitions.
Charlotte City Code § 12-109
in effectSec. 12-109. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Committee means the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee.
Discriminatory practice means an act that is unlawful under this article.
Dwelling means any building, structure, manufactured home or mobile home, or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure, or portion thereof.
Dwelling unit means any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single, habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
Familial status means one or more individuals, who have not attained the age of 18 years, being domiciled with:
(1) A parent or other person having legal custody of such individual; or
(2) The designee of such parent or other person having such custody with the written permission of such parent or other person.
The protections afforded against discrimination on the basis of familial status shall apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years.
Family includes a single individual.
Handicap means, with respect to a person:
(1) A physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities;
(2) A record of having such an impairment; or
(3) Being regarded as having such an impairment;
but such term does not include current, illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 USC 82).
National origin includes the national origin of an ancestor.
Person includes one or more individuals, political subdivisions of the state and instrumentalities thereof, including the city or any governmental entity or agency thereof, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, mutual companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, or any other legal or commercial entity.
Real estate broker and real estate salesperson mean a person, 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 a fee, commission, salary, or other valuable consideration, lists, sells, purchases, exchanges, rents, or leases real property, or the improvements thereon, including options; who negotiates or attempts to negotiate on behalf of others such an activity or who advertises or holds himself out as engaged in such activities; who negotiates or attempts to negotiate on behalf of others a loan secured by mortgage or other encumbrances upon real property; who is engaged in the business of listing real property in a publication; or a person employed by or acting on behalf of any of these.
Real estate transaction includes the sale, exchange, rental, or lease of real property, or of an interest therein.
Real property includes buildings, structures, real estate, lands, tenements, leaseholds, cooperatives, condominiums, and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, or any interest therein.
(Code 1985, § 12-69)
Source: City of Charlotte, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/charlotte/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH12HURE_ARTVFAHO_S12-109DEFetched: 10/27/2026