Box 5, Folder 10, Document 41

Box 5, Folder 10, Document 41

‘of this City that housing be made available to all its citizens
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without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.

mare NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY HE COUNCIL OF THE oxy
en KNOXVILLE:

Tennessee is hereby emonded by adding a sectim to, numbered *”

ts For the purpose of this chapter the following words and... —

yeaa section:

weet. "Dwelling"
. Which is, occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy

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ORDINANCE NO. YG

'. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF TSE
. CITY OF KNOXVILLE TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO DisSe
CRIMINATE IN .THE SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING,
. THE ADVERTISING OF SUCH SALES OR RENTAIS,
OR TO MAKE FALSE REPRESENTATIONS AS TO aa ia?
ENTRY INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD OR PARTICULAR — <i Ts
"3: - PERSONS, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS THEREIN, ©
“fa +. ° AND TO PROVIDE A METHOD OF EXCIUDING CER=

‘TAIN INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS THEREFROM. Heated“





WHEREAS, an emergency exists in that it is nooosteny for)
the immediate preservation. of the public pecee, proporty , health
and safety for this Ordinsence to become effective imo diately
upon its passage.

WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interest of the public

- SECTION 1: That the Code of the City of Knoxvjlle,

» Which said section reads as follows:
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hie Detinttions “tea pe

terms shall have the men ntne asoribed to them in this

‘means any bullding, structure, or sonkion the roof

88, a residence by one or more families, and any vacant lend
which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or
location thereon of any such building, structuro, or portion

’ "Pamtly" Snoludas a single individual.

"Person" includes one or more individuals, corporations, —

partnerships, associations, lebor organizations, legal

representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies,
. trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees
: _in bankruptcy, receivers, and fiduciaries.

"To rent" includes to lease, to sublesse, to let and othe r=
he: tO grant for eae considoration the een to SS COPY,
renises not owned by the occtipant.

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| ’ Subject to the exceptions hereinafter set out it shall |’
pe ue ky. pe anseMeud for any person to do any of the following 0:3)" 40:
acts: ean)

- * (a) -After a bona fide offer to sell or rent has been hae 2
‘made, to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, °:"
' or otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to ores

-+, any person because of race, color, religion or national
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sa @b) To discriminate against any person in the terms,

+ conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling,
‘.; OY in the provision of services or facilities in connection: :
“4 ‘therewith, because of race, color, religion or national... °°".
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Jota, | ost Ce) To make, print, or publish, or cause to be made,.”
a Aa: “ta printed, or published any notice, statement, or ad=
Otay J vVertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of
“At a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, :"/;
— or discrimination based on race, color, religion or = “i:
ots national origin, or an intention to make any such - |
“.. preference, limitation, or discrimination, ‘ers
“, (d) To represent to any person because of race, color,”
“), Yeligion, or national origin that any dwelling is not |
ge ~. available for.inspection, sale or rental when such
Br Jr» Qwelling is in fact so available.

i. €e) For profit, to induce or attempt to induce any’ °.:5"
-» “person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations .. |.
+: pegarding: the entry or prospective entry into the 2...
: neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular o.5/l.6 0%,
‘; (Pace, color, religion or national origins (9) -:; ha aie cote

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‘.. Nothing in the preceeding section except sub-paragraph Co),
-' is intended to apply to-~- | i anes

ale i (a) any single family house sold or vented by an owner
gh _*. or his agent, provided that the owner is the occupant —
of the house at the time it is offered for sale or

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(b) any single family house sold or rented by an owners ©
* PROVIDED, That such private individual owner does not
own more than three such single family houses at any
one time; PROVIDED FURTHER, That in the case of the
sale of any such single family house by a private
individual owner not residing in such house at the
time of such sale or who was not the most recent
resident of such house prior to such sale, the ex-
emption granted by this subsection shall apply only
with respect to one such sale within any twenty~four
month period: PROVIDED FURTHER, That such bona fide
coe - private individual owner does not own, any interest |
uw - dn, now is there owned ox reserved on his behalf,
under any express or voluntary agreement, title to
or any. right to all or-a portion of the proceeds |

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., of any such broker, agent, Salesman, or person,.

, °° panies, and other such professional assistance as
' : necessary to perfect or transfer the title, For the scat
‘ purposes of this subsection, a person shall be deemed

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-from the sale or rental. of, more than three such”: °° °!
' Single family houses. at any one time: PROVIDED 2
' FURTHER, the sale or rental of any such single
family house covered by this subsection Shall be
/ excepted from the application. of Section II only

‘4 Zf such house is sold on rented without the use

in any manner of the sales or rental facilities

‘or the sales or rental services of any real estate .°

. broker, agent, or salesman, or of such facilities ox
Services of any person in the business of selling
or renting dwellings, or of any employee or agent

Nothing in this proviso shall prohibit the use
of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title com-

to be in the business of selling or renting dwellings |.

(1) he has, within the preceding twelve months,
participated as principal in’three or more transactions
involving the sale or rental of any dwelling or any art
interest therein, or ae ; * hiss



(2) he has, within the preceding twelve months y

Own .personal residence in providing sales or rental

'. facilities or sales or rental services in two or more irfnetac
. transactions involving the sale or rental of any ° qs ea ders
':4 dwelling or any interest therein, or og sn

(3) he is the owner of any dwelling designed or

(c) Rooms or units in dwellings containing living
quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no

‘+, more than four families living independently of each ne

other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies .

' one of such living quarters as. his residences... 0, 1.8"

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Nothing in this section shall prohibit a religious

organization, association, or society, or any nonprofit — |

institution or organization operated, supervised or
controlled by or in conjunction with a religious |
organization, association, or society, from limiting :
the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings which it
owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose
to persons of the same religion, or from giving
preference to such persons, unless membership in

such religion is restricted on account of race,

color, or national origin. Nor shall anything in

this section prohibit a private club not in fact

open to the public, which as an incident to its —
primary purpose or purposes provides lodgings whieh

it owns or operates for other than a commercial
purpose, from limiting the rental on ocaupancy of
such lodgings to its members or from giving preference
to ita members. — say COS INP Ere eer he ‘, x Az wt



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SECTION 2; BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, “that ats ordinance
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