(a) A Supermarket shall not Close for Business unless the Supermarket Owner has:
(1) Provided six months’ written notice of the Supermarket’s intention to Close to the Director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD), the Executive Director of the Human Services Agency (HSA), and the Board of Supervisors; and
(2) Provided six months’ notice of the Supermarket’s intention to Close to its customers and the public by posting prominent notices at all entries and exits to the Supermarket.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a Supermarket may Close after having provided less than six months’ notice to the Director of OEWD, the Executive Director of HSA, the Board of Supervisors, and the Supermarket’s customers and the public if:
(1) The Closure is caused by business circumstances that were not reasonably foreseeable as of the time that notice would have been required; or
(2) The Closure is due to a natural disaster or emergency; or
(3) As of the time that notice would have been required, the Supermarket was actively seeking capital or business which, if obtained, would have enabled the Supermarket to avoid or postpone the Closure, and the Supermarket reasonably and in good faith believed that giving the notice required would have precluded the Supermarket from obtaining the needed capital or business.
(c) A Supermarket relying on subsection (b) to provide less than six months’ notice shall give as much notice as is practicable, and at that time shall articulate in writing the basis for having reduced the notification period.
(Added by Ord. 255-24, File No. 240333, App. 11/14/2024, Eff. 12/15/2024)