(a) No retail establishment is required to provide unit price information. Any retail establishment providing unit price information for consumer commodities shall provide such unit price information in the manner required by this chapter.
(b) In the event of a violation of this chapter by a retail establishment, the manager or individual in charge of the retail establishment at the time of the violation, and the person employing such manager or individual in charge, shall both be deemed to be responsible for compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 1061-12. Passed 8-8-12, eff. 10-1-12)
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Consumer commodity" or "commodity" means any food, drug, device, cosmetic, product, or other commodity of any kind or class, that is customarily necessary, or used, for personal, family, or household use and offered for sale to an end consumer.
(b) "Unit price" or "unit price information" means the price of the commodity on the basis of a unit of measure.
(c) "Infant formula" means a food that is offered for special dietary use solely as a food for infants by reason of its simulation of human milk or suitability as a complete or partial substitute for human milk.
(d) "Retail establishment" means a person dealing in consumer commodities.
(Ord. No. 1061-12. Passed 8-8-12, eff. 10-1-12)
The unit price of a commodity offered for sale by a retail establishment shall be uniformly and consistently expressed in terms of::
(a) Price per kilogram or one hundred grams (100 g), or price per pound or ounce, if the net quantity of contents of the commodity is in terms of weight.
(b) Price per liter or one hundred milliliters (100 ml), or price per dry quart or dry pint, if the net quantity of contents of the commodity is in terms of dry measure or volume.
(c) Price per liter or one hundred milliliters (100 ml), or price per gallon, quart, pint, or fluid ounce, if the net quantity of contents of the commodity is in terms of liquid volume.
(d) Price per individual unit or multiple units if the net quantity of contents of the commodity is in terms of count.
(e) Price per square meter, square decimeter, or square centimeter, or price per square yard, square foot, or square inch, if the net quantity of contents of the commodity is in terms of area.
(Ord. No. 1061-12. Passed 8-8-12, eff. 10-1-12)
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