?CITY OF DEQUINCY
ORDINANCE NO. 988
THE CITY Council of the City of DeQuincy, State of Louisiana, met in regular session on the 14th day of April, 2025, and adopted the following Ordinance as an amendment to the Definitions of Article II Fair Housing of the Code of Ordinances
WHEREAS, the City of DeQuincy desires to update and modernize its Code of Ordinances regarding the Section 11-32 Definitions of Article II Fair Housing of the Code of Ordinances of the City of DeQuincy, Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council that Section 11-32 Definitions of Article II Fair Housing amended as follows:
As used in this article:
Discriminatory housing practice means an act, that is unlawful under sections 11-34, 11-35, or 11-36.
Dwelling means any building, structure, or portion thereof, which is occupied as or designed or intended for occupancy such as a residence by one or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure or portion thereof.
Family includes a single individual.
Person includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and fiduciaries.
To rent includes to lease, to sublease, to let, and otherwise to grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant.
Be it further ordained that all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.
Said Ordinance having been introduced on the 10th day of March,2025, by notice of Public Hearing having been published on the 9th day of April 2025, said Public Hearing having been held on 14th day of April 2025, title having been read and Ordinance considered, on motion by Jim Smith seconded by Scott Wylie to adopt the Ordinance. A record vote was taken, and the following result was had:
YEAS: 5
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 0
ABSTAIN: 0
This Ordinance was declared duly adopted this 14th day of April, 2025.
s/ Riley Smith
Riley Smith
Mayor
/s/Sherri Breaux
Sherri Breaux
Secretary of the Council and City Clerk
/s/ Bobby Dahlquist
Bobby Dahlquist
Council ChairmanI certify that the above and foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of an Ordinance duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of the City of DeQuincy, approved and received from the Mayor at 6:00 pm on 14th day of April, 2025, at which meeting a quorum was present and voted in favor of said Ordinance.
/s/Sherri Breaux
/s/Sherri Breaux
Secretary of the Council
and City Clerk
Run: April 23, 2025
Cost of Notice: $48.00
