For the purpose of this article the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(a) PERSONS means natural persons, corporations, trusts, partnerships, incorporated or unincorporated associations, and any other legal entity.
(b) TRADE and COMMERCE mean the advertising, offering for sale, rent, lease, sale, or distribution of any services and any property, tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, and any other article, commodity, or thing of value wherever situate, and shall include any trade or commerce directly or indirectly affecting the people of this city.
(c) DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL means the original or a copy of any book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, map, chart, photograph, mechanical transcription or other tangible document or recording, wherever situate.
(d) EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL shall include the inspection, study, or copying of any such material, and the taking of testimony under oath or acknowledgment with respect to any such documentary material or copy thereof. (Ord. 13795)