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5A City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 31 88 0 88 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice The court said that this definition of family violates the federal fair housing regulations (42 USC 3604(f)(3)(b). The majority of the court found that the open -ended numerical potential of a traditionally nuclear family is so much greater than the limit of five unrelated persons, that the city was not making a reasonable accommodation for disabled individuals. Considering the impact of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, the Uniform Federal Accessibility Guidelines, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, entitlement grantees must exercise extraordinary diligence in their efforts to conform their policies and procedures to the ever - evolving requirements of the law. This is especially true with regard to zoning and building regulations, where developers rely upon grantees to establish the boundaries within which they can operate. As far as can be determined, the City of Cuyahoga Falls conducts their housing programs in an affirmative manner and without restrictive policies that would adversely affect members of the protected classes. 6.3 Local Review of Zoning Codes The City of Cuyahoga Falls provided a number of documents regarding local zoning: Sign & Landscaping Code 2003 Zoning Regulations July 2005 Planning and Zoning Code - Proposed - 2005 For the purpose of this report we focused our review on the new proposed planning and zoning code, particularly the definitions and Chapter's 1131 and 1132. Our review of the Sign and Landscaping code found no issues as they relate to housing or the provision of housing that would be considered discriminatory. In our limited review of the documents we could find no issues with lot sizes, setbacks, etc. in the proposed planning and zone code that possibly would be discriminatory. Any concerns that we did have since been addressed in the new codes. 7.0 HOME MORTGAGE LENDING ACTIVITY The American dream is one of achieving self - sufficiency and success both economically and personally. Home ownership is an element of economic and personal success. Freedom to own a home is the right of all people and yet, housing discrimination has been the hardest of the many civil rights issues to overcome. At the heart of housing discrimination is the issue of mortgage lending. The issue of color, race, national origin, sex, religion, familial status or disability can still shut the door to home