[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Tivoli 5-11-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Tivoli
ordains that this chapter shall be known as "The Tivoli Fair Housing
Law."
As used herein, the following words shall have
the meanings below set forth:
Housing accommodations held or offered for sale or rent by
a real estate broker, salesman or agency, or by any other person pursuant
to authorization of the owner, by the owner himself or by legal representative,
but shall not include any personal residence offered for rent by the
owner or lessee thereof or by a broker, salesman, agent or employee.
Includes any structure or portion thereto which is used or
occupied or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied
as the home, residence or sleeping place of one or more individuals,
groups or families whether or not living independently of each other;
and any vacant land offered for sale or lease for commercial housing.
Includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations,
organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy
or receivers. It also includes, but is not limited to, any owner,
lessor, assignor, builder, manager, broker, agent, employer, lending
institution and all political subdivisions, authorities, boards and
commissions.
A building or structure containing living quarters occupied
or intended to be occupied by no more than two individuals, two groups
or two families living independently of each other and used by the
owner or lessee thereof as a bona fide residence for himself and any
member of his family forming his household.
It shall be unlawful discriminatory practice
for any persons to:
A.
Refuse to sell, lease, finance or otherwise to deny
or withhold commercial housing from any person because of race, color,
religious creed, ancestry, sex or national origin of any prospective
owner, occupant or user of such commercial housing or from any person
due to use of a guide dog because of the blindness of the user.
B.
Refuse to lend money, whether or not secured by mortgage
or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair
or maintenance of commercial housing from any person because of the
race, color, religious creed, ancestry, sex or national origin of
any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such commercial
housing.
C.
Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions
of selling or leasing of any commercial housing or in furnishing facilities,
services or privileges in connection with the ownership, occupancy
or use of any commercial housing because of race, color, religious
creed, ancestry, sex or national origin of any present or prospective
owner, occupant or user of such commercial housing, or to discriminate
against any person in terms of leasing any commercial housing or in
furnishing facilities, services or privileges in connection with the
occupancy or use of any commercial housing due to use of a guide dog
because of the blindness of the user.
D.
Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions
of any loan or money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise
for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance
of commercial housing because of the race, color, religious creed,
ancestry, sex or national origin of any present of prospective owner,
occupant or user of such commercial housing.
E.
Print, publish or circulate any statement or advertisement
relating to the sale, lease or acquisition of any commercial housing
or the loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise
for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance
specification or discrimination based upon race, color, religious
creed, ancestry, sex or national origin or to print, publish or circulate
any statement or advertisement relating to the lease of any commercial
dwelling which indicates any preference, limitation, specification
or discrimination based upon use of a guide dog because of the blindness
of the user.
F.
Make an inquiry, elicit any information, make or keep
any record or use any form of application containing questions or
entries concerning race, color, religious creed, ancestry, sex or
national origin in connection with the sale or lease of any commercial
housing or loan of any money, whether or not occurred by mortgage
or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair
or maintenance of commercial housing; or to make an inquiry, elicit
any information, make or keep any record or use any form of application
containing questions or entries concerning the use of a guide dog
because of the blindness of the user in connection with the lease
of any commercial housing.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable
by a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than
15 days, or both. Each day of continuance of an offense shall be considered
a separate offense.
