[Adopted 9-12-1984 as Ch. 15, Art. I, § 1-4,
of the 1984 Frederick County Code.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise
or conduct a sale for the purpose of discontinuing a retail business
or to modify the word "sale" in any advertisement with the words "going
out of business" or any other words which tend to insinuate that the
retail business is to be discontinued and the merchandise liquidated,
unless such person obtains a permit to conduct such sale from the
Board of Supervisors as prescribed by this article.
Applications for special sale permits required by §
139-1 above shall be filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at least 14 days prior to the date of such sale and the next regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors shall cause inspections
to be made of such special sale to ensure that such sale shall be
conducted in conformity with the provisions of this article.
It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise at a reduced price or to sell any goods at a reduced price during a special sale, as defined in §
139-1 above, other than those goods listed in the inventory required by §
139-3 above.
[Amended 12-9-1992]
Any person guilty of a violation of the provisions
of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum
fine of $2,500 or by imprisonment for not more than 12 months, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.