The City Council of the City of Moscow Mills hereby declares
it to be the public policy of the City to eliminate discrimination
and safeguard the right of any person to sell, purchase, lease, rent
or obtain real property without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
handicap, familial status, or national origin. This ordinance shall
be deemed an exercise of the police powers of the City of Moscow Mills,
Missouri, for the protection of the public welfare, prosperity, health
and peace of the people of Moscow Mills.
For the purpose of this ordinance the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein unless
the context otherwise indicates.
AGGRIEVED PERSON
Includes any person who is attempting to provide housing
for himself and/or his family in the City of Moscow Mills, Missouri.
DISCRIMINATE
Distinctions in treatment because of race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of any person.
PERSON
Includes any individual, form, partnership or corporation.
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 to a person applying therefor for
the purpose of purchasing, constructing, repairing, or maintaining
a dwelling, or to discriminate against any person in the fixing of
the amount or conditions of such loan, because of the race, color,
religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of such
person, or of any person therein associated in connection with such
financing.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase of these standards shall be declared invalid for any reason
whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions
of this ordinance which shall continue in full force and effect. To
this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be
severable.
This ordinance shall not affect violations of any other ordinance,
code or regulation of the City of Moscow Mills existing prior to the
effective date hereof. Any such violations shall be governed and shall
continue to be punishable to the full extent of the law under the
provisions of those ordinance, codes, or regulations in effect at
the time the violation was committed.