(a) As used in this chapter, “going-out-of-business sale” means any offer to sell to the public or the sale to the public of goods, wares and merchandise on the implied or direct representation by word of mouth or written or oral advertising that such sale is in anticipation of the termination of a business at its present location, or that the sale is being held other than in the ordinary course of business.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “going-out-of-business sale” includes, but is not limited to, any sale advertised either specifically or in substance to be any one of the following:
(1) A going-out-of-business sale;
(2) A liquidation sale;
(3) A sale of 50 percent or more of the stock or the entire stock, or selling out to the bare walls;
(4) A lost-our-lease sale;
(5) A sale of the interest in the business establishment;
(6) An everything must go sale;
(7) A trustee’s sale;
(8) A bankrupt sale;
(9) A save us from bankruptcy sale;
(10) An insolvent sale;
(11) An assignee’s sale;
(12) A must vacate sale;
(13) A quitting business sale;
(14) A fire damage sale;
(15) A water damage sale;
(16) A receiver’s sale;
(17) A loss of lease sale;
(18) A forced-out-of-business sale;
(19) A removal sale;
(20) An executor’s sale;
(21) An administrator’s sale;
(22) A warehouse removal sale;
(23) A branch store discontinuance sale;
(24) A creditor’s sale, or forced to sell by creditors sale;
(25) An adjustment sale;
(26) A defunct business sale;
(27) A selling out an interest sale; or
(28) Any other term similar to any of the foregoing.
(Ord. 5743, passed 12-13-1973)