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WHEREAS, the City Law Department negotiated the substance of these minor changes with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in April and May 2000; and WHEREAS, on June 5, 2000, the City's Fair Housing Review Board adopted the minor changes as agency policy, pursuant to its rulemaking powers under C.O.N.O. § 1901.11(B)(3); and WHEREAS, this Council desires to incorporate the federal government's final minor changes in Chapter 1901, in order to obtain a final and permanent ruling that the City's Fair Housing Code is substantially equivalent to federal law; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 1901.03, which currently reads as follows: 1901.03 DEFIMTIONS. (a) "Ascribed status" pertains to an individual's race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, familial status, age, sexual orientation, national origin, and/or handicap. (b) "Board" means the Fair Housing Review Board created by this chapter in Section 1901.11. (c) "Covered multi-family dwellings" means buildings consisting of four or more units if such buildings have one or more elevators and ground floor units in other buildings consisting of four or more units. (d) "Demographic composition" means any description of a geographical area by reference to its residents' ascribed status. (e) "Discriminate" or "discrimination" means to separate or segregate persons in a particular manner solely or in part because of ascribed status provided that "discriminate" or "discrimination" shall not include special outreach efforts conducted by or under the authority of units of local government (including agencies, departments and commissions thereof) or non- profit fair housing corporations or agencies to ensure that persons of minority groups are fully informed of, and have access to, available dwelling opportunities in areas of present or prospective majority group concentration, or to ensure that persons of the majority group are fully informed of and have access to available dwelling opportunities in areas of present or prospective minority group concentration. (fl "Dwelling" means a building or structure, or part thereof, used or designed or intended to be used for residential purposes, 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. 2