§ 17.20.030. Definitions.  


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  • As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

    A.

    "Actor" means a person identified in a complaint as having committed an unlawful act under this chapter.

    B.

    "Complainant" means a person, including the city, who files a written complaint under Section 17.20.070 of this chapter.

    C.

    "Conciliation" means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint or by the investigation of the complaint, through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the actor, and the city.

    D.

    "Conciliation agreement" means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation.

    E.

    "Discriminatory housing practice" means an act that is unlawful under Section 17.20.040 or declared unlawful under the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-284) or the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-430).

    F.

    "Familial status" means one or more individuals (who have not attained the age of eighteen years) being domiciled with:

    1.

    A parent or another person having legal custody of such individual or individuals; or

    2.

    The designee of such parent or other person having such custody, with the written permission of such parent or othe person.

    The protections afforded against discrimination on the basis of familial status shall apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the of eighteen years.

    G.

    "Family" includes a single individual.

    H.

    "Grievance officer" means the person serving as fair housing grievance officer and includes the assistants, agents or employees assigned to work with the grievance officer.

    I.

    "Handicap" means, with respect to a person:

    1.

    A physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities;

    2.

    A record of having such an impairment; or

    3.

    Being regarded as having such an impairment, but such term does not include current, illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance (as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 802). In this chapter, a reference to "an individual with a handicap" or to "handicap" does not apply to an individual because of that individual's sexual orientation or because that individual is a transvestite.

    J.

    "Housing unit" means any building, structure, mobile home, or portion thereof, which is occupied, designed, or intended for occupnacy by a family or families as a residence, and any vacant land offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure or portion thereof.

    K.

    "Person" includes one or more individualsl, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and fiduciaries whether acting as principal or agent in the transaction, or two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest.

    L.

    "Person(s) aggreived" means any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housisng practice or who believes that he or she will be injured by a discriminatory practice that is about to occur.

    M.

    "Rent" includes to lease, sublease, and otherwise grant for a consideration the rigiht to occupy premises not owned by the occupant.

(Ord. 11230 § 1 (part), 1992)