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ORDINANCE NO. 5847
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION
6-32-1 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, MAKING THE PROHIBITION AGAINST
INCOME SOURCE DISCRIMINATION PERMANENT; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 6-32-1 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as follows:
6-32-1 INCOME SOURCE DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED:
Property owners, property managers, landlords, and their agents, who rent or
lease dwelling units shall not refuse to rent or lease a dwelling unit to any tenant
or potential tenant or otherwise discriminate or retaliate against such person
solely on the basis that the person proposes to pay a portion of the rent using a
Section 8 housing choice voucher or certificate issued under the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). "Dwelling unit" shall have
the meaning set forth in RMC 4-11-040.
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SECTION II. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after
publication of a summary of this ordinance in the City's official newspaper. The summary shall
consist of this ordinance's title.
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ORDINANCE N0. 5847
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 26th day of June , 2017.
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APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this ?6th day of June , 2017.
Denis Law, Mayor
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Date of Publication: 6/30/2017 (summary) �����j�pF WAS'r��!
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