Ordinance 1770ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1375 OF SAID CITY RELATING
TO UNFAIR HOUSING PRACTICES; PROVIDING FOR SUBPOENA
POWERS FOR THE FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES COMMISSION;
AND PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BASED UPON SEX.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Ordinance No. 1375 of the City of Edmonds, Washington,
passed on June 18, 1968, and Chapter 5.70 of the Edmonds City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. Section 5.70.030 of the Edmonds City Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.70.030 Unfair Housing Practices Forbidden.
(1) No owner, lessor, lessee, sublessee, subtenant
assignee, occupant real estate broker, real estate
salesman, managing agent of, or other person having
the right to sell, rent, lease, sublease, assign,
transfer, or otherwise dispose of a housing accommo-
dation shall refuse to sell, rent, lease, sublease,
assign, transfer, or otherwise deny to, or withhold
from any person or group of persons such housing
accommodations, or segregate the use thereof, or
represent that such housing accommodations are not
available for inspection, when in fact they are so
available, or expel or evict an occupant from a housing
accommodation because of the race, color, religion,
ancestry, national origin, or sex, of such person or
persons, or discriminate against or segregate any
person because of his race, color, religion, ancestry,
national origin, or sex in the terms, conditions, or
privileges of the sale, rental, lease, sublease,
assignment, transfer, or other disposition of any
such housing accommodations or in the furnishing of
facilities or services in connection therewith.
(2) A real estate broker, agent, salesman, or employee
shall not, because of race, color, religion, ancestry,
national origin, or sex, of an occupant, purchaser,
prospective occupant, or prospective purchaser:
(a) Refuse or intentionally fail to list or
discriminate in listing a housing accommodation for
sale, rent, lease, or sublease.
(b) Refuse or intentionally fail to show to a
prospective occupant the housing accommodation listed
for sale, rental, lease, or sublease.
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(c) Refuse or intentionally fail to accept and/
or transmit to an owner any reasonable offer to purchase,
lease, rent or sublease a housing accommodation.
(d) Otherwise discriminate against an occupant,
prospective occupant, purchaser, or prospective purchaser
of a housing accommodation.
(3) No person, bank, banking organization, mortgage
company, insurance company, or other financial institution
or lender, or any agent or employee thereof, to whom
applicant is made for financial assistance for the purchase,
lease, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair,
or maintenance of any housing accommodation shall:
(a) Discriminate against any person or group of
persons because of race, color, religion, ancestry,
national origin or sex of such person or group of persons
or of the prospective occupants or tenants of such real
property in the granting, withholding, extending, modify-
ing, or renewing, or in the rates, terms, conditions or
privileges of, any such financial assistance or in the
extension of services in connection therewith; or
(b) Use any form of application for such financial
assistance-, or make any record of inquiry in connection
with applications for such financial assistance which
expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, speci-
fication, or discrimination, on the ground of race, color,
religion, ancestry, national origin, or sex.
(4) An owner, person, occupant, real estate broker,
agent, salesman, employee, or lender shall not:
(a) Require any information, make, or keep any
record, or use any form of application containing
questions or entries concerning race, color, religion,
ancestry, national origin or sex, in connection with
the sale, rental, lease or sublease of any housing
accommodation.
(b) Publish, circulate, issue, or display, or cause
to be published, circulated, issued, or displayed, any
communication, notice, advertisement, or sign of any
kind relating to the sale, rental, lease, sublease,
assignment, transfer, or listing of a housing accommoda-
tion or accommodations which indicate any preference,
limitation, specification, or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin or sex.
(c) Aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the
doing of any act defined in this ordinance as an unfair
housing practice; or obstruct or discriminate against a
person in any manner because he has complied or proposes
to comply with the provisions of this ordinance or has
filed a complaint, testified, or assisted in any
proceeding under this ordinance, or any order issued
thereunder, or attempt, either directly or indirectly,
to commit any act defined in this ordinance to be an
unfair housing practice or apply any economic sanctions
or deny any membership privileges because of compliance
with the provisions of this ordinance.
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Section 2. Section 5.70.040, Exclusions, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"5.70.040 Exclusions.
Nothing in this ordinance shall:
(1) Apply to the renting, leasing, or subleasing of:
(a) A single family dwelling wherein the owner
or person entitled to possession thereof normally
maintains, or intends to maintain his residence, home
or abode;
(b) A dwelling unit in a dwelling containing two
dwelling units, or
(c) A rooming unit within a dwelling, wherein
the owner thereof normally maintains, or intends to
maintain, his residence, home or abode, or
(2) Be interpreted to prohibit any person from making
a choice from among prospective occupants of any housing
accommodation on the basis of factors other than race,
color, religion, ancestry, national origin or sex.
Section 3. Section 5.70.050, Fair Housing Practices Commission,
subsection (3) is hereby amended by adding a new subsection, (f),
to read as follows:
"5.70.050 (3) (f) The commission, in the performance
of its functions, shall have the power to issue
subpoenaes or subpoenaes duces tecum in the name of
the city which subpoenaes shall be issued through
the Edmonds Municipal Court."
Section 4. Section 5.70.070, Penalties, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"5.70.070 Penalties. A person convicted of a
violation of this ordinance shall be punished by
a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) or be imprisoned for up to ninety (90)
days or both such fine and imprisonment.
APPROVED:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Filed with the City Clerk: April 18, 1975
Passed by the City Council: Aqr- l aa, 7,,5
Published: 9/'G'/L �'o, /5;'2S