§ 19-1. Definitions.  


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  • As used in this chapter:

    Average retail price. The average price at which similar merchandise, services, rentals or lodging were being sold or rented during the thirty (30) days immediately preceding the declaration of a local emergency.

    Consumer good. Any service, article, product, merchandise or commodity of any kind or class, which is customarily produced or distributed for sale or rental at retail or provided for consumption by or the use or benefit of individuals, including but not limited to foods, water, ice, clothing, lumber, hardware, chainsaws, generators, and home improvement materials; fuel products; and repairs, services, rentals or lodging.

    Emergency. A condition which threatens or adversely affects the public health, safety or security and which is or threatens to be beyond the control of those public and private agencies normally responsible for the management of such a condition resulting from an act or imminent threatened act of war, riot, terrorism, mob or other acts of violence; from conflagration, explosion, hazardous materials incident or release; from a weather event such as a flood, hurricane or tornado; from a disruption in the city's utility system; or from any other cause.

    Enforcement official. Any law enforcement officer, any code compliance official, and any other appropriate municipal official.

    Fuel product. Home heating oil, kerosene, propane, natural gas, diesel fuel, methanol, and gasoline.

    Residential care facility. Any category 1, category 2, or category 3 residential care facility as defined in Section 250152 of the Land Development Code.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 2, 7-18-18)