For the purpose of providing and ensuring fair housing opportunities
for all within the Village of Groton, the Village Board of the Village of
Groton in the County of Tompkins, State of New York, under the authority of
the General Municipal and Village Laws, hereby obtains, enacts and publishes
this chapter.
[Amended 3-15-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
Except as exempted by §
93-6, it shall be unlawful within the Village of Groton:
A. To refuse to sell or rent after the making of an otherwise
acceptable bona fide offer or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental
of or otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling to any person because
of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or handicap.
B. To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions
or privileges of the sale or rental of a dwelling or in the provision of services
or facilities in connection therewith because of race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, familial status or handicap.
C. 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, sex, national origin, familial status or handicap
or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.
D. To represent to any person because of race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, familial status or handicap that any dwelling is not
available for inspection, sale or rental when such dwelling is in fact so
available.
E. For profit, 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, sex, national origin, familial status or handicap.
[Amended 3-15-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
It shall be unlawful within the Village of Groton for any bank, building and loan association, insurance company or other corporation, association, firm, person or enterprise whose business consists in whole or in part in the making of commercial or residential real estate loans to deny a loan or other financial assistance to a person applying therefor for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling or to discriminate against such person in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of such loan or other financial assistance because of the race, color, sex, national origin, familial status or handicap of such person or of any person associated with him in connection with such loan or other financial assistance or the purposes of such loan or other financial assistance or of the present or prospective owners, lessees, tenants or occupants of the dwelling or dwellings in relation to which such loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall impair the scope or effectiveness of the exemption contained in §
93-6.
[Amended 3-15-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
It shall be unlawful within the Village of Groton to deny any person
access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service,
real estate broker's organization or other service, organization or facility
relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to discriminate
against such person in the terms or conditions of such access, membership
or participation, on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
familial status or handicap.
The Village Board may, on its own initiative or on petition, amend,
supplement or repeal the provisions of this chapter in conformity with applicable
law after public notice and hearing.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter
shall be held to be minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of the
public health, morals, safety or the general welfare. Whenever the requirements
of this chapter are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully
adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the most restrictive, or that imposing
the highest standards, shall govern.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Village of Groton
Fair Housing Law."