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 because of 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 because 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; or
3.
In connection with the design and
construction of covered multifamily dwellings for first 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;
and
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 because of race, color,
religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability or familial status.
A.
All persons within the City of St. James 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 because 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 220.020 and this Section, or to segregate or discriminate against any such person in the use thereof because 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 220.020 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 220.030, 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; or
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.