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 Collier County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 70. HUMAN RIGHTS
 Article II. FAIR HOUSING

  § 70-27. Definitions.  

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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Administrator means that person appointed by the county administrator pursuant to section 70-29.

    Covered multifamily dwelling means:

    (1)

    A building which consists of four or more units and has an elevator; or

    (2)

    The ground floor units of a building which consists of four or more units and does not have an elevator.

    Discriminatory housing practice means an act that is unlawful under section 70-35.

    Dwelling means any building, 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 such building, structure, or portion thereof.

    Familial status means one or more individuals, who have not attained the age of 18 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 other 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 age of 18 years.

    Family includes a single individual.

    Handicap, with respect to a person, means:

    (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 Substance Act (21 U.S.C. 802).

    Lending institution means any bank, insurance company, savings and loan association or any other person or organization regularly engaged in the business of lending money, guaranteeing loans, or sources of credit information, including but not limited to credit bureaus.

    Owner means any person, including but not limited to a lessee, sublessee, assignee, manager, or agent, and also including the city and its departments or other subunits, having the right of ownership or possession or the authority to sell or lease any dwelling.

    Person means one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, fiduciaries, or public corporations, or any department or subunit thereof.

    Real estate agent means any real estate broker, any real estate salesman, or any other person, employee, agent, or otherwise, engaged in the management, sales, or operation of any real property.

    Real estate broker or salesman means a person, whether licensed or not, who, for or with the expectation of receiving a consideration, lists, sells, purchases, exchanges, rents, or leases real property, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate any of these activities, or who holds himself out as engaged in these activities, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate a loan secured or to be secured by mortgage or other encumbrance upon real property, or who is engaged in the business of listing real property in a publication, or a person employed by or acting on behalf of any of these.

    Real estate transaction includes the sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease of real property, and any contract pertaining thereto.

    Respondent means any person against whom a complaint is filed pursuant to this article.

    To rent includes lease, sublease, assignment and/or rental, including any contract to do any of the foregoing, or otherwise granting for a consideration the right to occupy premises that are not owned by the occupant.

    Sale includes any contract to sell, exchange, or to convey, transfer, or assign legal or equitable title to, or a beneficial interest in, real property.

(Ord. No. 86-74, § 2; Ord. No. 86-89, § 2; Ord. No. 92-9, § 2)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.