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.i <br /> person or persons of a particular race, color, <br /> religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national <br /> origin; <br /> 5. Discrimination because of race, color, religion, <br /> sex, handicap, national origin or familial status by <br /> persons or entities whose business includes engaging in <br /> residential real estate transactions in the making of a <br /> loan or the granting of financial assistance for <br /> residential real estate, in the selling, brokering or <br /> appraisal of residential real estate, or by the denial <br /> of access to or participation in a multiple-listing <br /> service or other real estate broker organization or <br /> services. <br /> Every discriminatory practice relating to the acquisition or <br /> sale of real property, education, public accommodations or <br /> employment shall be considered unlawful unless it is <br /> specifically exempted by this article. <br /> (j ) The term "public accommodation" shall mean any <br /> establishment, organization or authority which caters or <br /> offers its services or facilities or goods to the general <br /> public, including, but not limited to, motels, hotels, <br /> theaters, stores, public restaurants, public library <br /> services, and public recreational services and facilities. <br /> (k) The term "charging party" shall mean any individual charging <br /> on his own behalf to have been personally aggrieved by a <br /> discriminatory practice or the Director of the Commission <br /> with the approval of the full Commission charging that a <br /> discriminatory practice was committed against a person other <br /> than himself or a class of people in order to vindicate the <br /> public policy of the City of South Bend as defined in <br /> sections 2-127, 2-128.1, 2-128.2, 2-128.3, 2-128.4 and <br /> 2-128. 5 of this article. <br /> ( 1) The term "charge" shall mean any written grievances filed by <br /> a charging party with the Commission. The original shall be <br /> signed and verified before a notary public or other person <br /> duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take <br /> acknowledgments; notarial service shall be furnished by the <br /> Commission without charge. To be acceptable by the <br /> Commission a charge shall be sufficiently complete so as to <br /> reflect properly the full name and address of the charging <br /> party; the name and address of the respondent against whom <br /> the charge is made; the alleged discriminatory practice and <br /> a statement of the particulars thereof; if of a continuing <br /> nature, the dates between which said continuing acts of <br /> discrimination are alleged to have occurred; and a statement <br /> as to any other action, civil or criminal, instituted in any <br /> other form based upon the same grievance as is alleged in <br /> the charge, together with a statement as to the status or <br /> disposition of such other action. No charge based upon <br /> discrimination in housing and housing related transactions <br /> as prohibited by this act shall be valid unless filed within <br /> one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the alleged <br /> act. No charge based upon any discrimination other than <br /> housing and housing related transactions shall be valid <br /> unless filed within ninety ( 90) days from the date of the <br /> alleged act, or from the date of the termination of a <br /> published and meaningful grievance procedure provided by a <br /> respondent employer, or labor union. <br /> (m) The term "respondent" shall mean any person against whom a <br />