This section applies only to cases alleging housing discrimination.
(a) Definitions.
(1) “Familial status” means one or more individuals (who have not obtained the age of eighteen years) being domiciled with a parent or another person having legal custody of such individual(s) or the written permission of such parent or other person. The protections against discrimination on the basis of familial status shall apply to any person who is pregnant or in the process of securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the age of eighteen years.
(2) “Dwelling” means any building, structure, or part of a building or structure, that is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families; or any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location of a building structure or part of a building or structure that is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy by one or more families.
(3) “To rent” includes to lease, to sublease, to let or otherwise to grant for consideration the right to occupy the premises not owned by the occupant.
(4) “Discriminatory housing practice” includes: (A) practices prohibited by Section 2.21.030(10) of this code, (B) refusing to rent to an individual or family on the basis of familial status, (C) refusing to allow a tenant with a disability, as defined by Section 2.21.030(15), to make reasonable modifications of the rented premises at the tenant’s expense if such modifications are necessary to afford the tenant full enjoyment of the premises. The landlord may, where it is reasonable to do so, condition permission for the modification(s) on the tenant’s agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted. The landlord may require the tenant to acquire any necessary permits and to perform the modifications in a workmanlike standard, (D) Refusing to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford a tenant with a disability, as that term is defined by Section 2.21.030(15), equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling. (Ord. 98-22 § 8, 1998).