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<br /> <br />(in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 3612) <br />(1) If an election of judicial determination is made, the City Attorney shall commence and maintain a civil action on behalf of the aggrieved person in a Court of competent <br />jurisdiction seeking relief to this subsection, not later than thirty (30) calendar days after the authorization or election is made. <br />(A) For the purposes of pursuing a civil action under this section, the City Attorney is authorized to contract qualified legal counsel on behalf of the City at the City’s sole expense. <br />(2) Any aggrieved person with respect to the issues to be determined in a civil action under this subsection may intervene as of right in that civil action. <br />(3) In a civil action under this subsection, if the court finds that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the court may grant as relief any relief with respect to such discriminatory housing practice in a civil action under 42 U.S.C. § <br />3613. Any relief so granted that would accrue to an aggrieved person in a civil action commenced by that aggrieved person under 42 U.S.C. § 3613 shall also accrue to that aggrieved person in a civil action under this subsection. <br />(l) Civil action by private persons (in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 3613) <br />(1) An aggrieved person, regardless of the status of the complaint, may commence a civil <br />action in a Court of competent jurisdiction within the City of Charlottesville not later than two (2) years after the occurrence or the termination of an alleged discriminatory housing practice, or the breach of a conciliation agreement entered into under this subchapter, whichever occurs last, to obtain appropriate relief <br />with respect to such discriminatory housing practice or breach. <br />(2) The computation of such 2-year period shall not include any time during which an administrative proceeding under this subchapter was pending with respect to a complaint or charge under this subchapter based upon such discriminatory housing practice. This subparagraph does not apply to actions arising from a breach of a <br />conciliation agreement. <br />(3) An aggrieved person may commence a civil action under this subsection whether or not a complaint has been filed under Sec. 2-437.2.(a) of this ordinance and without regard to the status of any such complaint, but if the Director has obtained a mediation or conciliation agreement with the consent of an aggrieved person, no action may be <br />filed under this subsection by such aggrieved person with respect to the alleged discriminatory housing practice which forms the basis for such complaint except for the purpose of enforcing the terms of such an agreement. <br />(m) Relief which may be granted (in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 3612 and 24 C.F.R. § 115.204) <br />(1) In a civil action under this ordinance, if the court finds that a discriminatory <br />housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the court may award to the plaintiff <br />actual and punitive damages, and may grant as relief, as the court deems appropriate, any permanent or temporary injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order (including an order enjoining the defendant from engaging in such practice or ordering such affirmative action as may be appropriate). <br />(A) Such relief may include actual damages suffered by the aggrieved person and <br />injunctive or other equitable relief. Such order may, to vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty against the respondent: <br />(i) in an amount not exceeding $10,000 if the respondent has not been