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Title 20 : Miscellaneous
Chapter 2 : Fair Housing

20-206 : Exemptions from housing provisions.

  1. Nothing in § 20-204 shall apply:
    1. To the rental of housing accommodations in a building which contains housing accommodations for not more than four (4) families living independently of each other, if the owner or member of his family resides in one (1) of the housing accommodations;
    2. To the rental of one (1) room or one (1) rooming unit in a housing accommodation by an individual if he or a member of his family resides therein;
    3. To a landlord who refuses to rent to an unmarried male-female couple.
  2. A religious organization, association, or society, or any nonprofit 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 a religion is restricted on account of race, color, sex, or national origin.
  3. Single sex dormitory rental property shall be excluded from the provision of this act which relate to discrimination based on sex. (Ord. # , Sept. 1978)