Country Club Hills — Ch. 19 Fair Housing § 19.2.01

A. Board means the Fair Housing Review Board.
B. Discriminate or discrimination means to treat any person in a particular manner solely or in part because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin; provided, that "discriminate" or "discrimination" shall not include special outreach efforts conducted by or under the authority of units of local government (including agencies, departments and commissions thereof) or non-profit fair housing agencies to ensure that persons of minority groups are fully informed of available dwelling opportunities in areas of present or prospective majority group concentration, or to ensure that persons of the majority group are fully informed of available dwelling opportunities in areas of present or prospective minority group concentration.
C. 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 persons, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or rental and on which any such building; structure; or portion thereof may be constructed or located.
D. Lending institution means any bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or other organization or person regularly engaged in the business of lending money, guaranteeing loans for profit, or otherwise providing financial assistance or insurance in connection with-the purchase, sale or rental of dwellings.
E. Multifamily residential development means any building or structure, or group of buildings or structures, which contain two or more dwellings under common management or ownership.
F. Owner means any person who holds legal or equitable title to, or owns any beneficial interest in, a dwelling or who holds legal or equitable title to, or shares of; or holds any beneficial interest in, any organization or person which owns a dwelling; and his or her agent(s).
G. 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 or fiduciaries.
H. Purchase means to obtain a dwelling through a sale.
I. Real estate agent, 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 or herself out as engaged in these activities or who acts as an employee or agent to manage a dwelling. "Real Estate Agent" includes, but is not limited to, all persons licensed, or required to be licensed, pursuant to provisions of the Illinois Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen License Act, Ill. Rev. Stat., Ch. 111, 95701 et seq.
J. Rent or rental means to lease, sublease, assign or otherwise grant or obtain the right to occupy a dwelling not owned by the occupant in return for consideration, or a contractor option to do any of the foregoing.
K. Sale or sell means to convey, exchange, transfer; or assign legal or equitable title to, or a beneficial interest in, a " dwelling in return for consideration, or a contract or option to do any of the foregoing.
L. Solicit or solicitation means any communication by or on behalf of a real estate agent with the owner or occupant of a dwelling (i) which is intended to induce the sale or rental of such dwelling (ii) which is intended to offer services in connection with the sale, rental or listing of such dwelling; and (iii) which is carried out by means of:
(a) In-person contacts at the dwelling;
(b) Written material mailed or delivered directly to the dwelling, such as direct mail, leaflets or pamphlets; or
(c) Telephonic contacts with owners or occupants of the dwelling.
For purposes of this Ordinance the term "solicit" or, "solicitation" shall not refer to communication carried out by means of print or electronic media of general circulation, such as a newspaper, radio, television or the yellow pages.