(a) As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall be defined as set forth herein:
(1) "Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, association, organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and other organized groups of persons. It also includes, but is not limited to, any owner, lessor, assignor, builder, manager, broker, salesman, agent, employee, lending institution; the City and all political subdivisions, authorities, agencies, boards and commissions thereof.
(2) "Employer" means any person who employs four or more persons, within the City, including the City, its departments, boards, commissions and authorities.
(3) "Employee" does not include any individual employed in the domestic service of any person.
(4) "Labor organization" includes any organization which exists for the purpose in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or condition of employment, or for other mutual aid or protection in relation to employment.
(5) "Employment agency" means any person regularly undertaking, with or without compensation, to procure opportunities for employment or to procure recruit, refer or place employees.
(6) "Discriminate" and "discrimination" includes segregate or separate and any difference in treatment based on race, sex, color, religion, ancestry, national origin or place of birth.
(7) "Unlawful discriminatory practice" means any act prohibited by this chapter.
(8) "Place of public accommodation" means any inn, restaurant, eating house, barbershop, public conveyance by air, land, or water, theater, store, or other place for the sale of merchandise, or any other place for the sale of merchandise, or any other place of public accommodation or amusement where the accommodation, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof are available to the public.
(9) "Housing accommodations" includes any building or structure or portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied as a home residence or sleeping place of one or more individuals, groups, or families, whether nor not living independently of each other, and any vacant land offered for sale or lease.
Housing accommodations also includes any housing accommodations held or offered for sale or rent by a real estate broker, salesman or agent, or by any other person pursuant to authorization of the owner, by the owner, or by such person's legal representative.
(10) "Restrictive covenant" means any specification in a deed, land contract or lease limiting the use of any housing because of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, or ancestry, or any limitation based upon affiliation with or approval by any person, directly or indirectly, employing race, sex, color, religion, national origin or ancestry as a condition of affiliation or approval.
(11) "Burial lot" means any lot for the burial of deceased persons within any public burial ground or cemetery, including, but not limited to, cemeteries owned and operated by the City, or companies or associations incorporated for cemetery purposes.