For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OFFICIAL. An official is any officer or employee of the state or any agency thereof, including state political divisions, municipal corporations, park districts, forest preserve districts, educational institutions and schools.
OPERATOR OF A PUBLIC PLACE OF ACCOMMODATION OR AMUSEMENT. An operator of a public place of accommodation or amusement is any owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or occupant of the public place of accommodation or amusement or an employee of any such person or persons.
PUBLIC PLACE OF ACCOMMODATION OR AMUSEMENT. A public place of amusement or accommodation includes inns restaurants, eating houses, hotels, soda fountains, soft drink parlors, taverns, road houses, barber shops, department stores, clothing stores, hat stores, shoe stores, bath rooms, rest rooms, theaters, skating rinks, public golf courses, public golf driving ranges, concerts, cafes, bicycle rinks, elevators, ice cream parlors or rooms, railroads, omnibuses, busses, stages, airplanes, street cars, boats, funeral hearses, crematories, cemeteries and public conveyances on land, water or air, public swimming pools and other places of public accommodation and amusement.
(1981 Code, § 42.13)