§ 8.5-105. Exceptions.

The provisions of this article shall not apply to the following:

(a)

The sale, rental, assignment, lease or sublease of a single-family dwelling owned by an individual in which that individual or a member of the immediate family resides, and the dwelling is offered for sale, rental, assignment, lease, or sublease, without the use of a real estate broker or real estate salesperson or agent.

(b)

A rental or leasing of a dwelling unit in a building which contains housing accommodations for not more than two (2) families living independently of each other if the owner or a member of the immediate family resides in such a dwelling unit.

(c)

A rental or leasing to less than five (5) persons living in a dwelling unit, by the owner, if the owner or a member of the immediate family resides therein.

(d)

Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a religious organization, association or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of real property which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to such persons. Nor shall anything in this article prohibit a nonprofit private club in fact not open to the public, which as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes provides lodgings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of such lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members.

(Ord. No. 05-043, § 5, 7-27-05)