Unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context,
the following terms as used in this chapter shall have the meanings
ascribed in this section:
DISCRIMINATE
Any difference expressed in any way toward a person or persons
in the terms of the sale, exchange, lease, rental or financing for
housing accommodation and/or real property in regard to such sale,
exchange, rental, lease or finance because of the race, color, religion,
national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or physical or mental handicap
of such person.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Any person, institution or business entity of any kind which
loans money to persons and receives as security for said loan a secured
interest of any kind in the real property of the borrower.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATION
Includes any building, structure, or portion thereof which
is used or occupied, maintained, arranged or designed to be used or
occupied as a home, residence or sleeping place of one or more human
beings, or any real estate so used, designed or intended for such
use.
OWNER
Any person or persons who hold legal or equitable title to,
or own any beneficial interest in, any real property or who hold legal
or equitable title to shares of, or hold any beneficial interest in,
any real estate cooperative which owns any real property and/or housing
accommodations.
REAL ESTATE BROKER
Any person, partnership, association, corporation and/or
agent thereof who, for a fee or other valuable consideration, offers,
sells, purchases, exchanges or rents, or negotiates for the sale,
purchase, exchange or rental of a housing accommodation and/or real
property of another, or collects rental for the use of a housing accommodation
and/or real property of another.
REAL PROPERTY
Any real estate, vacant land, building, structure or housing
accommodations within the corporate limits of the City of Mendota,
Illinois.
Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine as set forth in Chapter
1, Article
III, Penalties and Enforcement, of the City Code. It is the right of the City of Mendota, Illinois, to specifically enforce, by any legal means, any of the provisions of this chapter.