For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EXCLUDED. No coin-operated device or devices shall be construed to be a store.
GENERAL STORE. 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. Any group or combination acting as a unit, individual, committee, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, partnership, copartnership, 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. 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 retail or wholesale, and which contains no coin-operated device, or devices, owned and operated by the store proprietor.
(Ord. passed 4-11-1977)