§ 11.5-22. Definitions.

When used herein:

Age means, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the work age as used herein, which shall refer exclusively to persons who are 18 years of age or older.

BCC means Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa, Florida.

Discriminatory housing practice means an act that is unlawful under sections 11.5-24, 11.5-25, and 11.5-26 of this article.

Familial status means when an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years is domiciled with a parent or other person having legal custody of such individual, or a designee of a parent or other person having legal custody, with the written permission of such parent or other person.

Family means one or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling. "Family" will also include a single individual.

Handicap means a person who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more life activities, or he/she has a record of having, or is regarded as having, such physical or mental impairment.

Housing or housing accommodation (dwelling) means 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 means 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 means any person, including but not limited to a lessee, sublessee, assignee, manager, or agent, or other sub-units, having the right of ownership or possession or the authority to sell or lease any housing accommodation.

Person includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mortgage companies, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and fiduciaries.

Real estate agent means 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 means 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, 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.

To rent includes to lease, sublease, 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 means 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. 91-04, § 2, 1-15-91)