§ 8A-70. Definitions.

When used in this article:

(a)

Person. The word "person" shall be construed to mean both the plural and singular, as the case demands, and shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies and associations.

(b)

Weight(s) and (or) measure(s). The words "weight(s) and (or) measure(s)" shall be construed to mean all weights and measures of every kind, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any appliances and accessories associated with any or all such instruments and devices, except that the term shall not be construed to include meters for the measurement of electricity, gas (natural or manufactured), or water when the same are operated in a public utility system. Such electricity, gas, and water meters are hereby specifically excluded from the purview of this article, and none of the provisions of this article shall be construed to apply to such meters or to any appliances or accessories associated therewith.

(c)

Sell; sale. The words "sell" and "sale" shall be construed to include barter and exchange.

(d)

Director; Inspector. The terms "Director" and "Inspector" shall be construed to mean, respectively, the County Manager or his delegate, as Director of Trade Standards and Inspectors of Trade Standards of Miami-Dade County.

(e)

Intrastate commerce. The term "intrastate commerce" shall be construed to mean any and all commerce or trade that is begun, carried on, and completed wholly within the limits of the State of Florida, and the phrase "introduced into intrastate commerce" shall be construed to define the time and place at which the first sale and delivery of a commodity is made within the State, the delivery being made either directly to the purchaser or to a common carrier for shipment to the purchaser.

(f)

Commodity in package form. The term "commodity in package form" shall be construed to mean a commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale, exclusive, however, of an auxiliary shipping container enclosing packages that individually conform to the requirements of this article. An individual item or lot of any commodity not in package form as defined in this section, but on which there is marked a selling price based on an established price per unit of weight or measure, shall be construed to be a commodity in package form.

(g)

[ Complete purchase price. ] The term "complete purchase price" shall mean the price paid by the purchaser to the seller at the time of the sale and shall include all charges except taxes levied at the retail level.

(Ord. No. 68-52, § 1, 9-19-68; Ord. No. 85-61, § 1, 9-3-85)