Ottawa — Ch. 46 Human Relations § 46-34

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:
Commission means the City of Ottawa Human Relations Commission.
Commission panel and panel mean a panel, comprised of three or more members of the commission, designated by the chairman of the commission, to investigate and to attempt to conciliate a complaint filed or made under section 46-40 .
Familial status means one or more individuals (who have not attained the age of 18 years) being domiciled with: (1)
A parent or person having legal custody of such individual; or
(2) The designee of such parent or other person having such custody, with the written permission of such parent or other person.
The protections afforded by this article against discrimination on the basis of familial status apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the age of 18 years.
Financial institution means any bank, credit union, insurance company, mortgage banking company or savings and loan association which operates or has a place of business in this state.
Handicap means a determinable physical or mental characteristic of a person, including, but not limited to, a determinable physical characteristic which necessitates the person's use of a guide, hearing or support dog, the history of such characteristic, or the perception of such characteristic by the person complained against, which may result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth or functional disorder and which characteristic is unrelated to the person's ability to acquire, rent or maintain a housing accommodation.
Lease includes sublease, assignment, and/or rental and includes any contract to do any of the foregoing.
National origin means the national origin of an ancestor.
Owner means any person who holds legal or equitable title to, or owns any beneficial interest in, any real property, or who holds legal or equitable title to shares of, or holds any beneficial interest in, any real estate cooperative which owns any real property.
Purchase means any contract to purchase.
Real estate agent means any real estate broker or salesman, and any other person who, as employee or agent or otherwise, engages in the management or operation of any real property.
Real estate broker and real estate salesman mean 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 out as engaged in these.
Real estate transaction includes the sale, exchange, rental or lease of real property. The term "real estate transaction" also includes the brokering or appraising of residential real property and the making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance: (1)
For purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling; or
(2) Secured by residential real estate.
Real property includes buildings, structures, real estate, lands, tenements, leaseholds, interests in real estate cooperatives, condominiums, and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, or any interest therein.
Sale means any contract to sell, exchange, or to convey, transfer or assign legal or equitable title to or a beneficial interest in real property.
Unlawful discrimination means discrimination against a person because of his race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, handicap, military status, or unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms are defined in 775 ILCS 5/1-103.
Cross reference-- Definitions generally, § 1-2 .