HomeMy WebLinkAbout2713 Housing DiscriminationORDINANCE NO. 2713
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 10.110.020.B,
10.110.030.A, 10.110.030.B, 10.110.040.A.1 AND ADDING
SECTION 10.110.020.J OF THE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE TO
PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING BASED ON SEXUAL
ORIENTATION AND DISABILITY.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 10.110.020.B of the Ashland Municipal Code is
amended to read:
B. "Discrimination" or "discriminatory housing
practice" means any difference in treatment based upon race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin,
disability or familial status; or any act that is unlawful
under this ordinance.
SECTION 2. The following subsections J and K are added to
Section 10.110.020 of the Ashland Municipal Code:
J. "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment
which substantially limits one or more major life
activities. "Disability" includes having a record of such
an impairment or being regarded as having such an
impairment.
K. "Sexual orientation" means attraction to or
selection of a sexual partner according to gender. "Sexual
orientation" includes having a history of that attraction or
selection, or being identified with that attraction or
selection. "Sexual orientation" is limited to
heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality.
SECTION 3. Ashland Municipal Code Sections 10.110.030.A and
10.110.030.C are amended and Section 10.110.030.F is added as
follows:
10.110.030 Unlawful practices. In connection with any of
the transactions set forth in this section which affect any
housing accommodation in the open market, or in connection
with any public sale, rental or lease of any housing
accommodation, it shall be unlawful within the City of
Ashland for a person, owner, financial institution, real
estate broker or real estate salesman, or any representative
of the above, to:
A. Refuse to sell, rent or lease, or deny to or
withhold any housing accommodation from a person because of
race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sex,
sexual orientation or familial status; or
C. Represent to a person that any housing
accommodation is not available for inspection, sale, rental
or lease when in fact it is so available, or to refuse to
permit a person to inspect any housing accommodation on the
open market because of race, color, religion, national
origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation or familial
status; or
F. Inquire into the sexual orientation of a purchaser,
renter, or lessee, or prospective purchaser, renter or
lessee.
SECTION 1. Section 10.110.040.A.1 of the Ashland Municipal Code
is amended to read:
10.110.040 Exemptions. A. This ordinance shall not apply
to:
1. A religious organization, association, or
society or any nonprofit institution or organization
operating, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction
with a religious organization, association, or society,
which limits the sale, rental, or occupancy, of dwellings
which it owns or operates for other than commercial purposes
to persons of the same religion, or which gives preference
to such persons, unless membership in such a religion is
restricted on account of race, color, sex, sexual
orientation, national origin, disability or familial status.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in
accordance with Article X, Section 2(C) of the City Charter on
the 18th day of May, 1993, and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this /~
day of ._~.~c~-J , 1993.
Nan E. Franklin, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this ~~day of
1993.
Catherine M. Golden, Mayor-~
Paul Nolte, city Attorney