§ 6.20.075.1. Purpose, authority, and definitions.

(a)

Purpose and Authority. Sections 6.20.075—6.20.075.8 establish a system for registering commercial weighing and measuring devices, and to recover the costs of inspecting and testing such instruments in accordance with the provisions of Section 12210 of the California Business and Professions Code.

(b)

Definitions.

(1)

"Commercial purposes" means and includes the determination of the weight, measure, or count of any commodity or thing which is sold on the basis of weight, measure, or count; or the determination of the weight, measure, or count of any commodity or thing upon which determination a charge for service is based. Devices used in a determination upon which a charge for service is based include, but are not limited to, taximeters, odometers, timing devices, parcel scales, shipping scales, and scales used in the payment of agricultural workers. "Commercial purposes" does not include the determination of the weight, measure, or count of any commodity or thing which is performed within a plant or business as a part of the manufacturing, processing or preparing for market of that commodity or thing, or the determination of charges for the transmission of letters or parcels of less than one hundred fifty pounds, except when that determination is made in the presence of the customer charged for the service.

(2)

"Department" means the department of agriculture/ weights and measures of the county.

(3)

"Location" means the room, enclosure, building, vehicle, space, or area where one or more weighing or measuring devices are located.

(4)

"Measuring instrument" means any device, contrivance, apparatus, or instrument used, or designed to be used, for ascertaining measure, and includes any tool, appliance, or accessory used or connected therewith.

(5)

"Person" means and includes any person, firm, corporation, or association.

(6)

"Sealer" means the agricultural commissioner of the county or his or her designated, duly licensed and authorized inspectors and employees.

(7)

"Weighing instrument" means any device, contrivance, apparatus, or instrument used, or designed to be used, for ascertaining weight, and includes any tool, appliance, or accessory used or connected therewith.

(Ord. No. 3296, § 6, 4-21-15)