It is hereby declared to be the policy of this City, in exercise
of its licensing and police powers for the preservation of the peace
and the protection of the health, welfare, and safety of its citizens
to prohibit discriminatory practices in places of public accommodation
within the City.
[Ord. No. 1013 §1, 7-1-2013]
A.
All
persons within the jurisdiction of the State of Missouri, 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, handicap, sexual
orientation or gender identity.
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 220.010 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, handicap, sexual orientation or gender identity.
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 220.010 and this Section.
[Ord. No. 1013 §2, 7-1-2013]
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 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 related to employment,
disability, familial status, sexual orientation, or gender identity
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.
[Ord. No. 1013 §3, 7-1-2013]
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 person 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,
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 220.090. 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-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.
