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(1) The lowering of property values;
<br />(2) A change in the racial, religious, sexual, or ethnic composition of the
<br />block, neighborhood, or area in which the dwelling is located;
<br />(3) An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area;
<br />(4) A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area.
<br />(j) Deny any person access to or membership or participation in any
<br />multiple-listing service, real estate agents' association, or other service,
<br />association, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting housing
<br />accommodations, or to discriminate against any person m the terms or
<br />conditions of such access, membership, or participation, on account of race,
<br />color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, familial status or ancestry;
<br />(k) Coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or
<br />enjoyment of, or on account of that person's having exercised or enjoyed or
<br />having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of,
<br />any right granted or protected by this section;
<br />(1) Discourage or attempt to discourage the purchase by a prospective purchaser of
<br />a dwelling, by representing that any block, neighborhood, or area has
<br />undergone or might undergo a change with respect to the religious, racial,
<br />sexual, familial status or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or
<br />area.
<br />(m) Discriminate against any person, because of race, color, religion, sex, national
<br />origin, handicap, familial status or ancestry, in appraising the value of any
<br />dwelling in connection with the sale, brokering, or rental of such dwelling.
<br />(n) Refuse to permit, at the expense of a handicapped person, reasonable
<br />modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if
<br />such modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the
<br />premise, except that, in the case of a rental, no modification need be permitted
<br />unless the renter first agrees to restore the interior of the premises to the
<br />condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear
<br />excepted, unless previously negotiated with the landlord.
<br />(o) Refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or
<br />services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford a handicapped
<br />person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.
<br />(p) Construct covered multi-family dwellings that do not provide for accessibility
<br />and usability for physically handicapped persons in compliance with applicable
<br />state or federal law, whichever is controlling.
<br />(q) Discriminate in any manner against any other person because that person has
<br />opposed any unlawful practice defined in this chapter, or because that person
<br />has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any
<br />investigation, proceeding, or hearing as provided pursuant to this chapter.
<br />(r) Aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of any act declared by this chapter
<br />to be an unlawfully discriminatory practice, or to obstruct or prevent any person
<br />from complying with the provisions of this chapter, or any order issued pursuant
<br />thereto, or to attempt directly or indirectly to commit any act declared by this
<br />chapter to be an unlawful discriminatory practice.
<br />(Ord. 98-12. Passed 2-16-98.)
<br />1998 Replacement
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