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,.? m?. . , ........ <br />. <br />?., <br />Ordinance 96- <br />Page S <br />,.,:1- <br />(H) "Lending Institution" means any bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, <br />or other organization or person regularly engaged in the business of lending money, guaranteeing <br />loans for profit, or otherwise providing financial assistance or insurance in connection with the <br />purchase, sale or rental of dwellings. <br />(I) "Purchase" means to obtain a dwelling through a sale. <br />(J) "Real Estate Agent" means a real estate broker or salesman, or a limited real estate broker <br />or salesman, as defined in Section 4753.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. <br />(K) "Rent" or "Rental" means to lease, sublease, assign or otherwise grant or obtain the right <br />to occupy a dwelling not owned by the occupant in return for consideration, or a contract or <br />option to do any of the foregoing. <br />(L) "Sale" or "Sell" means to convey, exchange, transfer, or assign legal or equitable title to, <br />or beneficial interest in, a dwelling in return for consideration, or a contract or option to do any <br />of the foregoing. <br />(M) "Solicit" or "Solicitation" means any conduct by a real estate agent, or an employee or <br />agent thereof, intended to induce the owner of a dwelling within the City to sell, rent, or list the <br />same for sale or rental. <br />(N) "Unlawful Discriminatory Practice" means any act prohibited by Section 1901.07 of this <br />Chapter. <br />1901.05 Exemptions <br />The provisions of this Chapter shall not: <br />(A) Prohibit a religious organization, association, society, or any nonprofit institution or <br />organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, <br />association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or <br />operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from having <br />preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion is restricted on account of ascribed <br />status. Additionally, nothing in this Chapter sha11 prohibit a private club not in fact open to the <br />public, which as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes provides lodgings which it owns <br />or operates for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of such <br />lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members, provided such club does not <br />discriminate in its membership;