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(a) Exemptions defined or set forth under Title 22-9.5-3 et. seq. of Indiana Code <br /> shall be exempt frc~ the provisions of this Ordinance to include those activities or <br /> organizations set forth under subsections (b) and (c) of this Section. <br /> <br /> (b) Nothing in ~is ordinance shall prohibit a religious organization, <br />association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, <br />supervised or controlled by or in conj,mction with a religious organization, <br />association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings which <br />it owns or operates fo~ other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same <br />religion, or from giving preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion <br />is restricted on account of race, color or national origin. Nor shall anything in this <br />ordinance prohibit a private club not in fact open to the public, which as an incident <br />to its pr/mary purpose or purposes provides lodgings which it owns or operates for <br />other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of such lodgings <br />to its members or from giving preference to its m~3nbers. <br /> <br /> (c)(]) Nothing in this ordinance regarding fam/lial status shall apply with <br />respect to housing for older persons. <br /> (2) As used in this section, "housing for older persons" means housing: <br /> (A) provided under any state or federal program that the Secretary of <br /> the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development or the <br /> state civil rights cc~mission detem~ines is specifically <br /> designed and operated to assist elderly persons (as defined <br /> in the state or federal program); or <br /> (B) intended for, and solely occupied by, persons 62 years of age <br /> or older; or <br /> (C) intended and operated for occupancy by at least one person 55 <br /> years of age or older per unit. <br /> <br /> Section 20. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMAWT OF ORDINANCE: <br /> <br /> (a) The authority and responsibility for properly administering this Ordinance <br /> and referral of complaints hereunder to the Conlmission as set forth in subsection (b) <br /> hereof shall be vested in the Town Council of the Civil Town of Mocresville, Indiana. <br /> <br /> (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of I.C. 22-9.5-4-8, the Town Council of the <br />Civil Town of Mooresville, Indiana, because of a lack of financial and other resources <br />necessary to fully administer enforcement proceedings and possible civil actions under <br />this Ordinance, herein elects to refer all formal complaints of violation of the <br />articles of this Ordinance by Complainants to the Indiana Civil Rights Commission <br />("Commission") for adm/nistrative enforcement actions pursuant to Title 22-9.5-6 of <br />Indiana Code and the Chief Elected Officers of ~]e Civil Town of Mooresville, Indiana, <br />shall refer all said complaints to the Comm/ssion as provided for under subsection (a) <br />of this Section to said Cor~nission for purposes of investigation, resolution and <br />appropriate relief as provided for under Title 22-9.5-6 of Indiana Code. <br /> <br /> (c) All executive departments and agencies of the Civil Town of Mooresville, <br />Indiana, shall administer their de~>nrtments, programs and activities relating to <br />housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further the Durposes of this <br />Ordinance and shall cooperate with the Chief Executive Officer and the Commission mo <br />further such purposes. _ <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br /> <br />