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VA <br />I t�� <br />s/400 the HOLISIngj section. sus/ 400 to 40-4 track the [IC FHA, additions. Of le <br />protected classes and broader protections. Also adds an affirmative right to shelter <br />(overnight) based on the MOO of Colun-Roa law, includes enumerated items Oterns for <br />personal hygiene, clean showers, toilets, toilet paper, etc.) to be provided to sheltered <br />persons, Safety of shAtered per to be priority. <br />T'he INIC FPIA oRered in that no e:--�clusinnis are maide for of re---nitiDl <br />duplexes, or the like. 'The NC FHA definitions of "farrdly- "handicapping condition" and so <br />-e -ided to be the Ordi•m•ce definitions- <br />The NC FHA. provision MOM allows landlords to compel disabled tenants to re-rnodify <br />-ii -ice - e :- I t, <br />,,.,,hen the tenants move out is altered. Under the Otdit at -� th land ord firs <br />must try for 6 months to re-let the premAses in the modified condition. The HRC <br />talII,---,.i,ng about addlit-Ig at-I for erv,,?ners of "small" units, here, tr, the.rn. froirn <br />the 6 months provision. <br />The P•IC FHA is changed bq adding -a provision that the refusal to insure a dwelling against <br />ho-9zards-,, %,vhere the ref usal is on the basis of a protected cl, is unlawf ul <br />di scrimi nation. <br />Also added !--:; d w,3%.-iSiOt-I prohibiting tenant harassment, eviction.. o f llsasesj <br />eta, on the basis of the tenants status in a protected category. <br />The provision excepting commercial property is deleted, in the Ordinance- <br />The [--IC FHA filing period is increased to 3 years. <br />The provision allowing attorney fees onig *here a suit is frivolous is rernoved, in the <br />Ordinance. <br />s/405 Provides that individuals residing in O-C- have the right to keep protective dogs <br />shth them, and nRist pay a fee of no r-nore than -, month's rent to -olo, ,;o. <br />L- '1O +JL 14U <br />residents have. the right to keep special assistance animals with thern, at no surcharge. <br />AH are liable for damage-,---, caused by the animuls,. <br />s/5aO is the Public Transportation /Public Accommodations section. This tracks the '64 <br />Civil Rights Act, as noted, and incorporates NC Disabilities, Act language concerning <br />transportation for disabled persons. 'The significnint jo-c,,r', here is the broadjearliGul <br />definition of "public accommodations" <br />and the incluv ion of the additional protected classes. The practical irnpact of this <br />5 <br />