[Amended 9-14-1987 by L.L.
No. 4-1987]
The Village Board hereby finds and declares that acts of prejudice,
intolerance, bigotry and discrimination which deny a person the opportunity
to sell, purchase, lease, rent or to obtain financing for the purchase or
lease of unimproved land or housing accommodations because of race, creed,
color, age, sex or national origin undermines the foundations of a free, democratic
community. The Village Board declares it to be the public policy of the Village
of Larchmont to eliminate and prevent such discrimination and to safeguard
the right of every person to sell, purchase, lease, rent or to obtain financing
for the purchase or lease of unimproved land or housing accommodations without
regard to race, creed, color, age, sex or national origin. This chapter is
adopted in order to reinforce this policy and to supplement the federal and
state laws pertaining to fair housing.
[Amended 9-14-1987 by L.L.
No. 4-1987]
A. Any person who shall engage in any of the prohibited
acts as hereinabove enumerated shall be subject to a fine, for each and every
offense, of not more than $250 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15
days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Any person who, as a landlord, has been found guilty
of any of the prohibited acts as hereinabove enumerated shall offer the next
comparable available rental unit to the person upon whose complaint such conviction
was made. Any such landlord who shall fail to offer such rental unit as required
herein shall be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 15 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Any person who shall falsely charge another with any
of the prohibited acts as hereinabove enumerated, knowing such charge to be
false, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 15 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Any person
who knowingly withholds from the Village Attorney such material information
or evidence as would tend to excuse or exonerate a defendant charged with
any of such prohibited acts as hereinabove defined shall be subject to a fine
of not more than $250 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or
to both such fine and imprisonment.