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5. Discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, or <br />familial status by persons or entities whose business includes engaging in residential real <br />estate transactions in the making of a loan or the granting of financial assistance for <br />residential real estate, in the selling, brokering or appraisal of residential real estate, or by <br />the denial of access to or participation in a multiple - listing service or other real estate <br />broker organization or services. <br />Every discriminatory practice relating to the acquisition or sale of real property, education, <br />public accommodations or employment shall be considered unlawful unless it is specifically <br />exempted by this Article. <br />0) "Public accommodation" shall mean any establishment, organization or authority which <br />caters or offers its services or facilities or goods to the general public, including, but not limited <br />to, motels, hotels, theaters, stores, public restaurants, public library services, and public <br />recreational services and facilities. <br />(k) "Charging party" shall mean any individual charging on his own behalf to have been <br />personally aggrieved by a discriminatory practice or the Director of the Commission with the <br />approval of the full Commission charging that a discriminatory practice was committed against a <br />person other than himself or a class of people in order to vindicate the public policy of the City <br />of South Bend as defined in sections 2 -127, 2- 128.1, 2- 128.2, 2- 128.3, 2 -128.4 and 2 -128.5 of <br />this Article. <br />(1) "Charge" shall mean any written grievances filed by a charging party with the Commission. <br />The original shall be signed and verified before a notary public or other person duly authorized <br />by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments; notarial service shall be furnished by the <br />Commission without charge. To be acceptable by the Commission a charge shall be sufficiently <br />complete so as to reflect properly the full name and address of the charging party; the name and <br />address of the respondent against whom the charge is made; the alleged discriminatory practice <br />and a statement of the particulars thereof; if of a continuing nature, the dates between which said <br />continuing acts of discrimination are alleged to have occurred; and a statement as to any other <br />action, civil or criminal, instituted in any other form based upon the same grievance as is alleged <br />in the charge, together with a statement as to the status or disposition of such other action. No <br />charge based upon discrimination in housing and housing related transactions as prohibited by <br />this act shall be valid unless filed within one (1) year from the date of the alleged act. No charge <br />based upon any discrimination other than housing and housing related transactions shall be valid <br />unless filed within ninety (90) days from the date of the alleged act, or from the date of the <br />termination of a published and mcaningful grievance procedure provided by a respondent <br />employer, or labor union. <br />(m) "Respondent" shall mean any person against whom a charge is filed. <br />(n) "Consent agreement" shall mean a formal agreement entered into in lieu of adjudication. <br />(o) "Affirmative action" shall mean those acts which the Commission deems necessary to <br />assure compliance with the South Bend Human Rights Ordinance. <br />5 <br />