"Discrimination" or "discriminatory housing practice"
means any difference in treatment based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual preference, ancestry, disability, marital status, lawful source of income, place of birth or national origin, families with children; or any act that is unlawful under this title.
"Dwelling"
shall mean any building, structure, or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction thereof of any such buildings or structure.
"Family"
includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy and receivers.
"Financial institution"
includes any person as defined herein, engaged in the business of lending money or guaranteeing loans.
"Housing accommodation" or "dwelling"
means any building, mobile home or trailer, structure, or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed, or intended for occupancy, as, a residence by one or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any real property, as defined herein, used or intended to be used for any of the purposes set forth in this chapter.
"Mortgage broker"
means an individual who is engaged in or who performs the business or services of a mortgage broker as the same as defined by Wisconsin Statutes.
"Open market"
means the market which is informed of the availability for sale, purchase, rental or lease of any housing accommodation, whether informed through a real estate broker or by advertising by publication, signs or by any other advertising methods directed to the public or any portion thereof, indicating that the property is available for sale, purchase, rental or lease.
"Owner"
includes a lessee, sublessee, co-tenant, assignee, managing agent or other person having the right of ownership or possession, or the right to sell, rent or lease any housing accommodation.
"Person"
includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint ventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations and any other groups or combinations.
"Real estate broker" or "real estate salesman"
includes any individual, qualified by law, who, for a fee, commission, salary or for other valuable consideration, or who with the intention or expectation of receiving or collecting same, lists, sells, purchases, rents or leases any housing accommodations, including options thereupon, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate a loan, secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance, upon transfer of any housing accommodation; or who is engaged in the business of charging an advance fee or contracting for collection of a fee in connection with a contract whereby he undertakes to promote the sale, purchase, rental or lease of any housing accommodation through its listing in a publication issued primarily for such purpose; or an individual employed by or acting on behalf of any of these.
"Real property"
includes buildings, structures, lands, tenements, leaseholds, cooperatives and condominiums.
(Prior code § 10-4-2; Ord. dated 3/6/2012 § 115)