§ 12-4-4.1. Unlawful commercial real estate practices.

It shall be unlawful for any person, on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, age, marital status, religion, disability or national origin, to:

(a)

refuse to sell or rent commercial real estate after the making of a bona fide offer, to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of such real estate, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny such real estate to any person;

(b)

discriminate against a person in the terms or conditions of a sale or rental of commercial real estate, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection with or following a sale or rental of such real estate;

(c)

make, print or publish, or cause to be made, printed or published, any notice, advertisement or other statement with respect to the sale or rental of commercial real estate that indicates any preference, limitation or discrimination on the basis of any of the factors identified above in this section;

(d)

represent to a person that commercial real estate is not available for inspection, sale or rental when such commercial real estate is, in fact, available;

(e)

interfere with, interrupt or terminate a person's ownership, rental, possession or occupancy of commercial real estate;

(f)

include in the terms or conditions of any sale or rental of commercial real estate a provision that prohibits or discourages, or purports or attempts to prohibit or discourage, the ownership, rental, possession, occupancy or use of such real estate by any person on the basis of any of the factors identified above in this section; and

(g)

discriminate in lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages or otherwise making available money for the purchase, construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of commercial real estate, or to discriminate in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of any such financing, or in the extension of service in connection therewith;

provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a person from refusing to sell or rent commercial real estate to, or otherwise to deal in connection with commercial real estate with, another person where the latter person lacks the capacity to contract; and provided further, that for purposes of this section, discrimination because of or on the basis of age shall mean discrimination against a person who is 55 years of age or older because of or on the basis of that person's age. (Ord. No. 3850, 3/23/96, Sec. 4; Ord. No. 5258, 12/14/19, Sec. 1)