For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EXCLUDED. For the purpose of this chapter, no coin-operated device shall be construed to be a store.
GENERAL STORE. Includes any store or stores or any mercantile establishment or establishments, in which goods, wares or merchandise of any kind are purchased, ordered, sold or offered for sale either at retail or wholesale.
PERSON. Includes any group or combination acting as a unit, individual, committee, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, partnership, co-partnership, joint adventure, association, trust, firm or corporation, either domestic or foreign, which is controlled or directed by one management or association of ultimate management.
SPECIAL STORE. Includes any store or stores of any mercantile establishment or establishments, in which goods, wares or merchandise of any kind except cigarettes, tobacco products and soft drinks are purchased, ordered, sold or offered for sale, either at retain or wholesale and which contains no coin-operated device, or devices, owned and operated by the store proprietor.
(Prior Code, § 5-301) (Ord. passed 8-6-2012)
Statutory reference:
For corresponding definitions of state store licensing law, see W. Va. Code § 11-12-4(d)