For the purposes of providing and ensuring fair
housing opportunities for all within the Town of Stillwater, the Town
Board of the Town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga, State of
New York, under the authority of the General Municipal and General
City Law, hereby ordains, enacts, and publishes this chapter.
Except as exempted by §
93-6, it shall be unlawful within the Town of Stillwater:
A. To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a 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, or national origin.
B. 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, sex, or national origin.
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,
limitations, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex,
or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation,
or discrimination.
D. To represent to any person because of race, color,
religion, sex, or national origin 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, or national origin.
It shall be unlawful within the Town of Stillwater 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 to a person applying therefor for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling, or to discriminate against him in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration, or other terms or conditions of such loan or other financial assistance because of the rate, color, religion, sex, or national origin 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 that nothing contained in this section shall impair the scope or effectiveness of the exception contained in §
93-6.
It shall be unlawful within the Town of Stillwater
to deny any person access to or membership or participation in any
multiple-listing services, real estate brokers' organization or other
service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling
or renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him in the terms
or conditions or such access, membership, or participation, on account
of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
The Town 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 interpretations 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 rule,
regulations, or ordinances, the most restrictive, or that imposing
the higher standards, shall govern.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Town of Stillwater Fair Housing Ordinance."