DISTRESS MERCHANDISE SALE. Any offer to sell to the public, or sale to the public of goods, wares or merchandise on the implied or direct representation 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. Without limiting the generality of this definition, distress merchandise sale includes any sale advertised either specifically or in substance to be a fire sale, smoke and water damage sale, liquidation sale, adjustment sale, creditor’s sale, trustee’s sale, bankrupt sale, save us from bankruptcy sale, insolvent sale, insurance salvage sale, mortgage sale, assignee’s sale, adjuster’s sale, must vacate sale, quitting business sale, forced out of business sale, removal sale, whether by auction or otherwise.
(Ord. 3652, passed 11-30-1960)