§ 57.37. Definitions.

(1)

Aggrieved person includes any person who:

(a)

claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice; or

(b)

believes that he will be injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur.

(2)

City means the City of Orlando, a Florida municipal corporation.

(3)

Complainant means a person, including the City of Orlando Human Relations Official, who files a complaint under this Article.

(4)

Human Relations Official means the person given authority by the City Council of the City of Orlando to administer this Article.

(5)

Conciliation means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint or by the investigation of the complaint, through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent, and the Human Relations Official.

(6)

Conciliation Agreement means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation.

(7)

Discriminatory Housing Practice means an act prohibited by Sections 57.48 through 57.55, inclusive of this Article.

(8)

Dwelling means:

(a)

any building, structure, or part of a building or structure that is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residency by one or more families; or

(b)

any vacant land that is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location of a building, structure, or part of a building or structure described by paragraph (a) above.

(9)

Family includes one or more individuals related by blood or marriage, and includes a single individual.

(10)

Gender identity shall have the definition provided in Section 57.01 of this Chapter.

(11)

Handicap or Disability means a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits at least one major life activity, a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment. The term does not include current, illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance as defined by 21 U.S.C. § 802. In this Article, a reference to "an individual with a handicap" or to "handicap" does not apply to an individual because of that individual's sexual orientation or because that individual is a transvestite.

(12)

Person includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. (Bankruptcy Code), receivers, and fiduciaries.

(13)

Respondent means:

(a)

the person accused of a violation of this Article; or

(b)

any person identified as an additional or substitute respondent under this Article or an agent of an additional or substitute respondent.

(14)

To rent includes to lease, to sublease, to let, or to otherwise grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant.

(15)

The term sexual orientation means the condition of being heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual. This definition is not intended to permit any practice prohibited by federal, state or local law and it is not intended to require or create any special preferences in employment or contracting.

(Ord. of 3-23-1992, Doc. #25570; Ord. of 8-31-1992, Doc. #25570-1; Ord. of 12-2-2002, § 7, Doc. #021202901; Ord. No. 2014-36, § 8, 8-11-2014, Doc. #1408111202)