[Ord. No. 5262 §1, 7-23-2012]
A. 
The purposes of this Chapter are:
1. 
To secure for all individuals within the City freedom from any unlawful discriminatory practice, through the exercise of the City's local authority.
2. 
To implement within the City the policies embodied in Missouri and Federal human rights established by constitutional provisions and legislation and to promote cooperation between the City and the State and Federal agencies enforcing such constitutional provisions and legislation.
[Ord. No. 5262 §1, 7-23-2012]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall be deemed to have the meanings indicated below:
COMMISSION
The Missouri Commission on Human Rights.
COMPLAINANT
A person who has filed a complaint with the Commission alleging that another person has engaged in a prohibited discriminatory practice.
COVERED MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING
As defined by applicable law (see Section 213.040, RSMo.).
DISABILITY
As defined by applicable State and Federal law (see 42 USC 12102, Section 213.010, RSMo.).
DISCRIMINATION
Any illegal treatment based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or familial status, or other status protected by law.
DWELLING
As defined by applicable law (see Section 213.010, RSMo.).
FAMILIAL STATUS
As defined by applicable law (see Section 213.010, RSMo.).
GENDER IDENTITY
The gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth.
HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS
As defined by applicable law (see Section 213.040, RSMo.).
PERSON
Includes one (1) or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, organizations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, fiduciaries or other organized groups of persons.
PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
As defined by applicable law (see Section 213.010, RSMo.).
RENT
Includes to lease, to sublease, to let and otherwise to grant for consideration the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant.
RESPONDENT
A person who is alleged to have engaged in a prohibited discriminatory practice in a complaint filed with the Commission.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Male or female heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality, by preference, practice or as perceived by others, but not including sexual preference or practice between an adult and a minor.
UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE
Any form of discrimination as defined herein.
[Ord. No. 5262 §1, 7-23-2012]
A. 
It shall be an unlawful housing practice:
1. 
To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, to deny or otherwise make unavailable a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or familial status, or any other unlawful basis.
2. 
To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or familial status, or any other unlawful basis.
3. 
To make, print or publish or cause to be made, printed or published any notice, statement or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or familial status, or any other unlawful basis, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.
4. 
To represent to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or familial status, or any other unlawful basis that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale or rental when such dwelling is in fact so available.
5. 
To induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or familial status, or any other legally protected status.
6. 
To discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a disability of:
a. 
That buyer or renter;
b. 
A person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is so sold, rented or made available; or
c. 
Any person associated with that buyer or renter.
7. 
To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection with such dwelling, because of a disability of:
a. 
That person;
b. 
A person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is so sold, rented or made available; or
c. 
Any person associated with that person.
B. 
For purposes of Sections 230.030, 230.040 and 230.050, discrimination includes:
1. 
A refusal to permit, at the expense of the person with the disability, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises, except that, in the case of a rental, the landlord may, where it is reasonable to do so, condition permission for a modification on the renter's agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted.
2. 
A refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.
3. 
In connection with the design and construction of covered multi-family dwellings for first (1st) occupancy after March 13, 1991, a failure to design and construct those dwellings in such a manner that:
a. 
The public use and common use portions of such dwellings are readily accessible to and usable by persons with a disability.
b. 
All the doors designed to allow passage into and within all premises within such dwellings are sufficiently wide to allow passage by persons with a disability in wheelchairs.
c. 
All premises within such dwellings contain the following features of adaptive design:
(1) 
An accessible route into and through the dwelling;
(2) 
Light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats and other environmental controls in accessible locations;
(3) 
Reinforcements in bathroom walls to allow later installation of grab bars; and
(4) 
Usable kitchens and bathrooms such that an individual in a wheelchair can maneuver about the space.
C. 
Compliance with the applicable requirements of the American National Standard for Buildings and Facilities providing accessibility and usability for people with physical disabilities, commonly cited as "ANSI A117.1", suffices to satisfy the requirements of Subsection (B)(3)(a) of this Section, unless State or Federal law imposes more stringent requirements.
[Ord. No. 5262 §1, 7-23-2012]
It shall be unlawful for any bank, building and loan association, insurance company or other corporation, association, firm or enterprise whose business consists in whole or in part in the making of commercial real estate loans to deny a loan or other financial assistance because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or familial status, or any other unlawful basis, to a person applying therefor for the purpose of purchasing, construction, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling, or to discriminate against him/her in fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of such loan or other financial assistance because of the race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or familial status of such person or of any person associated with him/her, or any other unlawful basis, in connection with such loan or other financial assistance, or of the present or prospective owners, lessees, tenants or occupants of the dwellings in relation to which such loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given.
[Ord. No. 5262 §1, 7-23-2012]
It shall be unlawful to deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization or other service organization or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings on account of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or familial status, or any other unlawful basis.
[Ord. No. 5262 §1, 7-23-2012]
A. 
All persons within the City of Creve Coeur are free and equal and shall be entitled to the full and equal use and enjoyment within the City of any place of public accommodation, as hereinafter defined, without discrimination or segregation on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ancestry or disability, or any other unlawful basis.
B. 
It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from or deny any other person or to attempt to refuse, withhold from or deny any other person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, services or privileges made available in any place of public accommodation, as defined in Section 230.020 and this Section, or to segregate or discriminate against any such person in the use thereof on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ancestry or disability, or any other unlawful basis.
C. 
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a private club, a place of accommodation owned by or operated on behalf of a religious corporation, association or society or other establishment which is not in fact open to the public, unless the facilities of such establishments are made available to the customers or patrons of a place of public accommodation as defined in Section 230.020 and this Section.
[Ord. No. 5262 §1, 7-23-2012]
A. 
It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice:
1. 
To aid, abet, incite, compel or coerce the commission of acts prohibited under this Chapter or to attempt to do so.
2. 
To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any other person because such person has opposed any practice prohibited by this Chapter or because such person has filed a complaint, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding or hearing conducted pursuant to this Chapter.
3. 
For the City to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, age, disability or familial status, or any other unlawful basis, and in connection therewith the City shall afford benefits based on marital status in compliance with State and Federal law.
4. 
To discriminate in any manner against any other person because of such person's association with any person protected by this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 5262 §1, 7-23-2012]
A. 
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to invalidate or limit any law that requires dwellings to be designed and constructed in a manner that affords persons with disabilities greater access than is expressly required by this Chapter.
B. 
Nothing in Sections 230.030, 230.040 and 230.050:
1. 
Requires that a dwelling be made available to an individual whose tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the property of others.
2. 
Limits the applicability of any reasonable restriction regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy a dwelling, nor does any provision of said Sections regarding familial status apply with respect to housing for older persons.
3. 
Shall prohibit conduct against a person because such person has been convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction of the illegal manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance, as defined by Section 195.010, RSMo., or other applicable law.
C. 
Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit a religious organization. association or society or any non-profit 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 giving preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion is restricted on account of race, color or national origin. Nor shall anything in this Chapter prohibit a private club not in fact open to the public, which as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes provides lodging which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of such lodging to its members or from giving preference to its members.
D. 
Nothing in this Chapter, other than the prohibitions against discriminatory advertising in Subsection (A)(3) of Section 230.030, shall apply to:
1. 
The sale or rental of any single-family house by a private individual owner, provided the following conditions are met:
a. 
The private individual owner does not own or have any interest in more than three (3) single-family houses at any one time; and
b. 
The house is sold or rented without the use of a real estate broker, agent or salesperson or the facilities of any person in the business of selling or renting dwellings and without publication, posting or mailing of any advertisement. If the owner selling the house does not reside in it at the time of the sale or was not the most recent resident of the house prior to such sale, the exemption in this Section applies to only one (1) such sale in any twenty-four (24) month period.
2. 
Rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four (4) independent households, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one (1) of such living quarters as his/her residence.
[Ord. No. 5680, 1-27-2020]
A. 
Any person residing in or seeking to reside in a dwelling in the City (or their representative) may submit to the office of the City Administrator a signed written request pursuant to the Federal Fair Housing Act and/or Americans with Disabilities Act for reasonable accommodation(s) in City ordinances, rules, policies, practices, or services, with supporting documentation, when necessary to afford that person or someone in their household an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling in the City. For leased property, the request shall include a signed statement of support from the property owner if and when available, or an explanation of the status of related requests made to the property owner.
B. 
If the City Administrator or their delegee determines that there are other applicable procedures besides this Section to facilitate consideration of such a request, such as application to the Planning and Zoning Commission or Board of Adjustment, they shall promptly provide the person making the request with the information and forms needed to utilize such procedures.
C. 
If the City Administrator or their delegee determines there are no other applicable procedures besides this Section, they shall promptly evaluate and make a determination on the request, including the reasonableness and necessity of the requested accommodation. In the course of making such evaluation and determination, the City Administrator or their delegee may request additional information from the person making the request or other sources, including affidavit(s). Such determination may grant or deny the request, with or without conditions, or grant alternative accommodation(s).
D. 
The City Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to the requesting party, the property owner, and the Mayor and City Council of the determination made on such a request and post such determination with other public notices at the Government Center and on the City website. Such determination shall be final unless the City Council on its own motion or on request of any interested person approves a resolution changing the determination within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice thereof from the City Administrator.
E. 
While such a request is pending, any prosecution for ordinance violation related to the request shall be suspended. To the extent a request is granted, any prosecution for related ordinance violation shall be dismissed. The City Administrator shall inform the prosecutor when a request is pending and of the final decision thereon, when applicable.
F. 
A request may be amended while under consideration, but once a determination has become final no similar request may be made by or on behalf of the same person(s) absent demonstration of a substantial change in circumstances as determined by the City Administrator.
G. 
Any final determination shall supersede the subject ordinance, rule, policy, practice or service to the extent and for the period of time stated therein, without the need for adoption of an ordinance. A final determination may be used as evidence in any prosecution of a violation of this Chapter by a property owner or prosecution of any other ordinance violation.
H. 
An applicant may request that specific medical information submitted to the City in support of their application be held on a confidential basis, subject to approval of such request by the City Administrator or their delegee pursuant to applicable law.