Belvidere — Ch. 62 Human Relations § 62-32

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:
Conciliation means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a charge, or by the investigation of such charge, through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved party, the respondent and the department.
Conciliation agreement means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation.
Covered multifamily dwellings, as used in section 62-34 , means: (1)
Buildings consisting of four or more units if such buildings have one or more elevators; and
(2) Ground floor units in other buildings consisting of four or more units.
Familial status means one or more individuals (who have not attained the age of 18 years) being domiciled with: (1)
A parent or 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 by this article against discrimination on the basis of familial status 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.
Financial institution means any bank, credit union, insurance company, mortgage banking company or savings and loan association that operates or has a place of business in this city.
Handicap means a determinable physical or mental characteristic of a person, including but not limited to a determinable physical characteristic that necessitates the person's use of a guide, hearing or support dog, the history of such characteristic, or the perception of such characteristic by the person complained against, which may result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth or functional disorder and which characteristic is unrelated to the person's ability to acquire, rent or maintain a housing accommodation, and is unrelated to a person's ability to repay.
Housing accommodations includes any improved or unimproved real property, or part thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied, as the home or residence of one or more individuals.
Loan includes but is not limited to the providing of funds, for consideration, which are sought for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a housing accommodation as that term is defined in this section, or any commercial or industrial purposes.
Marital status means the legal status of being married, single, separated, divorced or widowed.
Military status means a person's status on active duty in the armed forces of the United States.
National origin means the place in which a person or one of his ancestors was born.
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.
Real estate transaction includes the sale, exchange, rental or lease of real property. "Real estate transaction" also includes the brokering or appraising of residential real property and the making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance: (1)
For purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling; or
(2) Secured by residential real estate.
Real property includes buildings, structures, real estate, lands, tenements, leaseholds, interests in real estate cooperatives, condominiums, and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, or any interest therein.
Religion includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief.
Sex means the status of being male or female.
Unfavorable military discharge includes discharges from the Armed Forces of the United States, their reserve components or any National Guard or Naval Militia, which are classified as RE-3 or the equivalent thereof, but does not include those characterized as RE-4 or "Dishonorable."
Unlawful discrimination means discrimination against a person because of his race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, handicap, military status, or unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms are defined in this section.
Varying terms as to a loan, includes, but is not limited to, the following practices: (1)
Requiring a greater down payment than is usual for the particular type of a loan involved.
(2) Requiring a shorter period of amortization than is usual for the particular type of loan involved.
(3) Charging a higher interest rate than is usual for the particular type of loan involved.
(4) An under appraisal of real estate or other item of property offered as security.
Cross reference-- Definitions generally, § 1-2 .
State Law reference-- Similar provisions, 775 ILCS 5/1-103, 5/3-101.