A.
It
shall be an unlawful housing practice:
1.
To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer,
to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, to deny or otherwise
make unavailable, a dwelling to any person because of race, color,
religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, or familial status.
2.
To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges
of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or
facilities in connection therewith, because of race, color, religion,
national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, or familial status.
3.
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, national origin, ancestry,
sex, handicap, or familial status, or an intention to make any such
preference, limitation, or discrimination.
4.
To represent to any person because of race, color, religion, national
origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, or familial status that any dwelling
is not available for inspection, sale, or rental when such dwelling
is in fact so available.
5.
To induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling
by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the
neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion,
national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, or familial status.
6.
To discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable
or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a handicap of:
7.
To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges
of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or
facilities in connection with such dwelling, because of a handicap
of:
B.
1.
A refusal to permit, at the expense of the handicapped person, reasonable
modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such
person if such modifications 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's agreeing to restore the interior
of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification,
reasonable wear and tear excepted.
2.
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.
3.
In connection with the design and construction of covered multi-family
dwellings for first (1st) occupancy after March 13, 1991, a failure
to design and construct those dwellings in such a manner that:
a.
The public use and common use portions of such dwellings are readily
accessible to and usable by handicapped persons.
b.
All the doors designed to allow passage into and within all premises
within such dwellings are sufficiently wide to allow passage by handicapped
persons in wheelchairs.
c.
All premises within such dwellings contain the following features
of adaptive design:
(1)
An accessible route into and through the dwelling;
(2)
Light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats, and other environmental
controls in accessible locations;
(3)
Reinforcements in bathroom walls to allow later installation
of grab bars; and
(4)
Usable kitchens and bathrooms such that an individual in a wheelchair
can maneuver about the space.
It shall be unlawful for any bank, building and loan association,
insurance company or other corporation, association, firm or enterprise
whose business consists in whole or in part in the making of commercial
real estate loans, to deny a loan or other financial assistance because
of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap
or familial status to a person applying therefor for the purpose of
purchasing, construction, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling,
or to discriminate against him/her in fixing of the amount, interest
rate, duration or other terms or conditions of such loan or other
financial assistance, because of the race, color, religion, national
origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, or familial status of such person
or of any person associated with him/her in connection with such loan
or other financial assistance, or of the present or prospective owners,
lessees, tenants, or occupants, of the dwellings in relation to which
such loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given.
It shall be unlawful to deny any person access to or membership
or participation in any multiple listing service, real estate brokers'
organization or other service organization, or facility relating to
the business of selling or renting dwellings, on account of race,
color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, or familial
status.
A.
All
persons within the City of Velda City are free and equal and shall
be entitled to the full and equal use and enjoyment within this State
of any place of public accommodation, as hereinafter defined, without
discrimination or segregation on the grounds of race, color, religion,
national origin, sex, ancestry, or handicap.
B.
It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from or deny any other person, or to attempt to refuse, withhold from or deny any other person, any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, services, or privileges made available in any place of public accommodation, as defined in Section 220.020 and this Section, or to segregate or discriminate against any such person in the use thereof on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, or handicap.
C.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a private club, a place of accommodation owned by or operated on behalf of a religious corporation, association or society, or other establishment which is not in fact open to the public, unless the facilities of such establishments are made available to the customers or patrons of a place of public accommodation as defined in Section 220.020 and this Section.
[CC 1974 §205.160; Ord. No. 617 §1, 7-8-2009]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, association or
corporation who owns, rents, leases or has an agreement to sell or
sells, to commit any one (1) or more of the following acts:
1.
To induce directly or indirectly or attempt to induce directly or
indirectly the sale, rental or leasing or listing for sale, rental
or leasing of real property by representing that a change has occurred
or will or may occur with respect to the racial, religious, or ethnic
composition of the block neighborhood, or area in which the property
is located.
2.
To induce directly or indirectly or attempt to induce directly or
indirectly the sale, rental or leasing or listing for sale, rental
or leasing of real property by representing that the presence or anticipated
presence of persons of any particular race, religion, or national
origin in the area will or result in:
3.
To make any misrepresentation concerning the listing for sale, rental
or leasing or the anticipated listing for sale or the sale, rental,
or leasing of any real property in the area for the purpose of inducing
or attempting to induce the sale or listing for sale, rental or leasing
of real property.
4.
To make any representation to any prospective purchaser that any
block, neighborhood, or area has undergone, will or might in future
undergo a change with respect to the religious, racial, or nationality
composition of the block, neighborhood, or area for the purpose of
discouraging the purchase of property in a particular area.
5.
To refer to race, nationality, or creed in offering property for
sale, rent or lease.
6.
To advertise for sale, rental or leasing property which is non-existent
or which is not actually for sale, rental or lease.
7.
To solicit for sale, rental or leasing, or listing for sale, rental
or lease property, either by phone, through the mails or in person
after the owner of such property has requested the solicitor or the
company he/she represents to cease soliciting him/her.
B.
Balanced Integration — Method Of Reporting.
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person who lists any property for sale
or rent in the City to discriminate because of race in the showing,
displaying and selling or renting of any property. Any person who
lists any property for sale or rent within the City must show that
property or premises to people of both the Caucasian and non-Caucasian
races; and all property in the City listed for sale or rent must be
filed with the Board of Aldermen.
2.
Any person who shall list for sale or rental any property within
the City shall submit to the Board of Aldermen of the City a sworn
affidavit setting out the names and addresses, and designation of
race of all individuals to whom the property has been shown in fact
prior to any sale or renting.
3.
To assist in the enforcement of this Section there shall be established
a Housing Committee which shall be responsible and subject to the
Board of Aldermen.
C.
Penalties. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Section, or who gives a false affidavit shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) or imprisonment of not more than ninety (90) days or both
such fine and imprisonment.
A.
It
shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice:
1.
To aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the Commission of acts prohibited
under this Chapter or to attempt to do so;
2.
To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any other person
because such person has opposed any practice prohibited by this Chapter
or because such person has filed a complaint, testified, assisted,
or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding or
hearing conducted pursuant to this Chapter;
3.
For the City to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion,
national origin, sex, ancestry, age, as it relates to employment,
handicap, or familial status as it relates to housing; or
4.
To discriminate in any manner against any other person because of
such person's association with any person protected by this Chapter.
A.
B.
1.
Requires that a dwelling be made available to an individual whose
tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of
other individuals or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical
damage to the property of others.
2.
Limits the applicability of any reasonable local restriction regarding
the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy a dwelling, nor
does any provision of said Sections regarding familial status apply
with respect to housing for older persons.
3.
Shall prohibit conduct against a person because such person has been
convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction of the illegal manufacture
or distribution of a controlled substance, as defined by Section 195.010,
RSMo.
C.
Nothing
in this Chapter shall prohibit a religious organization, association,
or society, or any non-profit institution or organization operated,
supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization,
association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy
of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial
purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference
to such persons, unless membership in such religion is restricted
on account of race, color, or national origin. Nor shall anything
in this Chapter prohibit a private club not in fact open to the public,
which as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes provides lodging
which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, from
limiting the rental or occupancy of such lodging to its members or
from giving preference to its members.
D.
Nothing in this Chapter, other than the prohibitions against discriminatory advertising in Subsection (A)(3) of Section 220.060, shall apply to:
1.
The sale or rental of any single-family house by a private individual
owner, provided the following conditions are met:
a.
The private individual owner does not own or have any interest in
more than three (3) single family houses at any one time; and
b.
The house is sold or rented without the use of a real estate broker,
agent or salesperson or the facilities of any person in the business
of selling or renting dwellings and without publication, posting or
mailing of any advertisement. If the owner selling the house does
not reside in it at the time of the sale or was not the most recent
resident of the house prior to such sale, the exemption in this Section
applies to only one such sale in any twenty-four (24) month period.
2.
Rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or
intended to be occupied by no more than four (4) families living independently
of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of
such living quarters as his/her residence.
