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(n) "Rent" or "rental" means to lease, sublease, assign or otherwise grant or obtain the right to occupy a dwelling not owned by the occupant in return for consideration, or a contract or option to do any of the foregoing. (o) "Sale" or "sell" means to convey, exchange, transfer, or assign legal or equitable title to, or beneficial interest in, a dwelling in return for consideration, or a contract or option to do any of the foregoing. (p) "Solicit" or "solicitation" means any conduct by a real estate agent, or an employee or agent thereof, intended to induce the owner of a dwelling within the City to sell, rent, or list the same for sale or rental. (q) "Unlawful discriminatory practice" means any act prohibited by Section 1901.07 SECTION Z: That Section 1901.05, which currently reads as follows: 1901.05 EXEMPTIONS (A) The provisions of this Chapter shall not: (1) Prohibit a religious organization, association, society, or any nonprofit 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 having preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion is restricted on account of ascribed status. Additionally, nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit a private club not in fact open to the public, which as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes provides lodgings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of such lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members, provided such club does not discriminate in its membership; (2) Require any person selling or renting property to modify such property in any way at his or her expense, provided that such person does not refuse to permit reasonable modifications by a handicapped person, necessary for that person to fully enjoy the premises in which her or she resides, when such modifications are made at the expense of the handicapped person, which permission may be conditioned on that person's promise to restore the premises to the condition in which it previously existed before granting permission for such modification. Additionally, this Chapter shall not be construed to relieve any handicapped person of any obligation generally imposed on all persons regardless of handicap in a written lease, rental agreement, or contract for purchase or sale, or to forbid distinctions based on the inability to fulfill the terms and conditions, including financial obligations, of the lease, agreement, or contract, so long as such 6