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 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 8. LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS
 Article V. FAIR HOUSING

  § 8-98. Complaints.  

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  • (a)

    Only the person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice who believes he will be irrevocably injured by a discriminatory housing practice that has occurred or is occurring (hereinafter referred to as the "person aggrieved") may file a complaint with the administrator. Such complaints shall be in writing and shall identify the person alleged to have committed or alleged to be committing a discriminatory housing practice and shall state the facts upon which the allegations of a discriminatory housing practice are based. The administrator shall prepare complaint forms and furnish them without charge to any person, upon request.

    (b)

    If at any time the administrator shall receive or discover credible evidence and shall have probable cause to believe that any person or persons have committed or are committing a discriminatory housing practice as to which no complaint has been filed, the administrator may prepare and file a complaint upon his own motion and in his own name, and such complaint shall thereafter be treated in the same manner as a complaint filed by a person aggrieved.

    (c)

    The administrator shall receive and accept notification and referral complaints from the United States Attorney General and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the provisions of Title VIII, Fair Housing Act of 1968, Public Law 90-284, and shall treat such complaints hereunder in the same manner as complaints filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

    (d)

    All complaints shall be filed within sixty (60) days following the occurrence of an alleged discriminatory housing practice. Upon the filing referral of any complaint, the administrator shall provide notice of the complaint by furnishing a copy of such complaint to the person named therein who allegedly committed or was threatening to commit an alleged discriminatory housing practice. The accused may file an answer to the complaint within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the written complaint.

    (e)

    All complaints and answers under this article shall be subscribed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths.

(Ord. of 11-8-82, § 7)