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enjoyment of any right granted or protected by this Ordinance . <br /> Sec . 5 . 2 Proof of Violation <br /> (a) It is a violation of this Ordinance if : <br /> (1 ) A person by his act or failure to act intends to <br /> discriminate against a person . A person intends to discriminate <br /> if, in committing an unlawful housing practice in Section 5 . 1 of <br /> this Article if he or she was motivated in full, or in any part at <br /> all, by race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, <br /> disability, marital status, or veteran status . An intent to <br /> discriminate may be established by direct or circumstantial <br /> evidence; or <br /> (2 ) A person' s actor failure to act has the effect, <br /> regardless of intent, of discriminating, as set forth in Section <br /> 5 . 1 of this Article, against a person of a particular race, color, <br /> religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or <br /> veteran status . <br /> (3 ) However, it is not a violation of this Article if a <br /> person whose action or inaction has an unintended discriminatory <br /> effect , proves that his or her action or inaction was motivated and <br /> justified by business necessity . <br /> (4) , It shall be no defense to a violation of this Ordinance <br /> that the violation was requested, sought , or otherwise procured by <br /> another person . <br /> Sec . 5 . 3 Exemptions <br /> (a) Nothing in this Article (other than subsection ( 9 ) of <br /> Section 5 . 1) shall apply to the following : <br /> 31 <br />