§ 9.3-22. Definitions.

The terms as used herein shall be defined as follows:

Administrator. That person appointed by the board of county commissioners pursuant to section 9.3-25 hereof.

Age. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the word age as used herein shall refer exclusively to persons who are eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Discriminatory housing practice. An act that is unlawful under section 9.3-23 hereof.

Familial status. Is established when an individual who has not attained the age of eighteen (18) years is domiciled with:

(1)

A parent or other person having legal custody of such individual; or

(2)

A designee of a parent or other person having legal custody, with the written permission of such parent or other person.

Family. One or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling.

Handicap. A person who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities, or who has a record of having, or is regarded as having, such physical or mental impairment, or a person who has a developmental disability as defined in Florida Statutes [section] 393.063.

Housing or housing accommodation. Any building, structure, or portion thereof, mobile home or trailer, or other facility which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure, or portion thereof, mobile home or trailer or other facility.

Lending institution. Any bank, insurance company, savings and loan association or any other person or organization regularly engaged in the business of lending money, guaranteeing loans, or sources of credit information, including but not limited to credit bureaus.

Owner. Any person, including but not limited to a lessee, sublessee, assignee, manager, or agent, and also including the county and its departments or other subunits, having the right of ownership or possession or the authority to sell or lease any housing accommodation.

Person. One or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and fiduciaries, or public corporations, including but not limited to the county or any department or subunit thereof.

Real estate agent. Any real estate broker, any real estate salesman, or any other person, employee, agent, or otherwise, engaged in the management or operation of any real property.

Real estate broker or salesman. 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 negotiates or attempts to negotiate a loan secured or to be secured by mortgage or other encumbrance upon real property, or who is engaged in the business of listing real property in a publication; or a person employed by or acting on behalf of any of these.

Real estate transaction. Includes the sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease of real property, and any contract pertaining thereto.

Rent. Includes lease, sublease, let, assignment and/or rental, including any contract to do any of the foregoing, or otherwise granting for a consideration the right to occupy premises that are not owned by the occupant.

Respondent. Any person against whom a complaint is filed pursuant to this article.

Sale. Includes any contract to sell, exchange, or to convey, transfer or assign legal or equitable title to, or a beneficial interest in real property.

(Ord. No. 93-14, § 2, 3-9-93)