§ 57.09. Unlawful Discriminatory Practices by Financial Institutions.

It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person, bank, trust company, private banker, savings bank, industrial bank, savings and loan association, credit union, investment company, mortgage company, insurance company or other financial institution or lender, doing business in the City and if incorporated, regardless of whether incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida, the United States or any other jurisdiction, to whom application is made for financial assistance for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodation, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof:

(1)

To discriminate against any such applicant or applicants because of the race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status, of such applicant or applicants or of any member, stockholder, director, officer, or employee of such applicant or applicants, or of the prospective occupants or tenants of such housing accommodation, in the granting, withholding, extending or renewing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of any such financial assistance.

(2)

To use any form of application for such financial assistance or to make any record or inquiry in connection with applications for such financial assistance which expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination as to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status.

(Ord. of 4-23-1973, § 1; Ord. of 6-30-1980, § 4; Ord. of 10-20-1980, § 5; Ord. of 8-29-1983, Doc. #18037; Ord. of 12-2-2002, § 3, Doc. #021202901; Ord. No. 2014-34, § 5, 8-11-2014, Doc. #1408111202)