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, disability or familial status.
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, disability or familial status.
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, disability
or familial status, 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, disability or familial status 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, disability or familial 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:
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:
B.
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.
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, disability
or familial status 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, disability or familial status of such person
or of any person associated with him/her 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.
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, disability or familial status.
A.
All persons
within the City of Osage Beach are free and equal and shall be entitled
to the full and equal use and enjoyment within this State of any place
of public accommodation, as hereinafter defined, without discrimination
or segregation on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin,
sex, ancestry or disability.
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 213.010, RSMo.,
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, ancestry or disability.
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 213.010, RSMo., and this Section.
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, ancestry, age, as it relates to employment, disability
or familial status as it relates to housing; or
4.
To discriminate
in any manner against any other person because of such person's association
with any person protected by this Chapter.
A.
Nothing
in this Chapter shall be construed to invalidate or limit any law
of the State or of the City that requires dwellings to be designed
and constructed in a manner that affords persons with disabilities
greater access than is required by this Chapter.
B.
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 local 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.
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 230.010, 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) families living independently
of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one (1)
of such living quarters as his/her residence.
