For the purpose of providing and ensuring fair
housing opportunities for all within the Town of Richmond, the Town
Board of the Town of Richmond in the County of Ontario, State of New
York, under the authority of the General Municipal and Town Laws,
hereby obtains, enacts and publishes this chapter.
Except as exempted by §
116-6, it shall be unlawful within the Town of Richmond to:
A. Refuse to sell or rent, after the making of a bona
fide offer, or 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, handicap or familial status.
B. 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, national origin, handicap or familial status.
C. 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, handicap or familial status, or an intention to make
any such preference, limitation or discrimination.
D. Represent to any person because of race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, handicap or familial status that any dwelling
is not available for inspection, sale or rental when such dwelling
is in fact so available.
E. For profit, 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, handicap
or familial status.
It shall be unlawful within the Town of Richmond 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 race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or familial status of such person or of any person associated with him in connection with such loan or other financial assistance or the purpose 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 §
116-6.
It shall be unlawful within the Town of Richmond
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 or to discriminate against him in the terms or
conditions of such access, membership or participation on account
of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or familial
status.
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 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 "Town of Richmond Fair Housing Law."