Ohio Code § 4112.024

§ 4112.024.

(A) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code shall bar any religious or denominational institution or organization, or any nonprofit

charitable or educational organization that is operated, supervised, or controlled

by or in connection with a religious organization, from limiting the sale, rental,

or occupancy of housing accommodations that it owns or operates for other than a commercial

purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference in the sale, rental,

or occupancy of such housing accommodations to persons of the same religion, unless

membership in the religion is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin. (B) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code shall bar any bona fide private or fraternal organization that, incidental to its

primary purpose, owns or operates lodgings for other than a commercial purpose, from

limiting the rental or occupancy of the lodgings to its members or from giving preference

to its members. (C) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code limits the applicability of any reasonable local, state, or federal restrictions

regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy housing accommodations.  Nothing in that division prohibits the owners or managers of housing accommodations

from implementing reasonable occupancy standards based on the number and size of sleeping

areas or bedrooms and the overall size of a dwelling unit, provided that the standards

are not implemented to circumvent the purposes of this chapter and are formulated,

implemented, and interpreted in a manner consistent with this chapter and any applicable

local, state, or federal restrictions regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted

to occupy housing accommodations. (D) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code requires that housing accommodations be made available to an individual whose tenancy

would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals or whose

tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the property of others. (E) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code pertaining to discrimination on the basis of familial status shall be construed to

apply to any of the following: (1) Housing accommodations provided under any state or federal program that have been

determined under the “Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988,” 102 Stat. 1623, 42 U.S.C. 3607 , as amended, to be specifically designed and operated to assist elderly persons; (2) Housing accommodations intended for and solely occupied by persons who are sixty-two

years of age or older; (3) Housing accommodations intended and operated for occupancy by at least one person

who is fifty-five years of age or older per unit, as determined under the “Fair Housing

Amendments Act of 1988,” 102 Stat. 1623, 42 U.S.C. 3607 , as amended. (F) Nothing in divisions (H)(1) to (18) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code shall

be construed to require any person selling or renting property to modify the property

in any way or to exercise a higher degree of care for a person with a disability,

to relieve any person with a disability of any obligation generally imposed on all

persons regardless of disability in a written lease, rental agreement, or contract

of purchase or sale, or to forbid distinctions based on the inability to fulfill the

terms and conditions, including financial obligations, of the lease, agreement, or

contract.