§ 6-22. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Administrator: That person appointed by the chief elected official pursuant to section 6-25.

    Age: Unless the context clearly indicated otherwise, the word age as used in this article shall refer exclusively to persons who are eighteen (18) years of age or older.

    Discriminatory housing practice: An act that is unlawful under section 6-23.

    Family: One (1) or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling.

    Handicap:

    (1)

    A person has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one (1) or more major life activities, or he has a record of having, or is regarded as having, such physical or mental impairment; or

    (2)

    A person has a developmental disability as defined in F.S. § 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 (1) 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, savings 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, sub lessee, assignee, manager, or agent, and also including the Town of Lady Lake and its departments or other sub-units, having the right of ownership or possession or the authority to sell or lease any housing accommodation.

    Person: One (1) or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mortgage companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, or public corporations, including but not limited to the Town of Lady Lake or any department or sub-unit thereof.

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

    Real estate broker or salesperson: 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.

    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.

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

(Ord. No. 95-02, § 2, 3-6-95; Ord. No. 2005-26, § 4, 4-21-05)