§ 22-5. Discrimination in the financing of housing.

It shall be unlawful for any bank, building and loan association, insurance company, or other corporation, association, firm, or enterprise whose business consists in whole or in part in the making of commercial real estate loans, to deny a loan or other financial assistance to a person applying therefor for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling, or to discriminate against him in fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration, or other terms or conditions of such loan or other financial assistance, on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, handicap, or familial status, or of any person associated with him in connection with such loan or other financial assistance, or of the present or prospective owners, lessees, tenants, or occupants of the dwelling, or dwellings, in relation to which said loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given. Provided, that nothing contained in this section shall impair the scope or effectiveness of the exception contained in the section 22-3(2).

(Ord. No. 147, § 5, 5-9-1995)