Seattle Municipal Code Table of Contents

Title 7 CONSUMER PROTECTION



   Chapter 7.04 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CODE

Sections:

Subchapter I General Provisions
           7.04.005. Title– Citation.
           7.04.010. Definitions generally.
           7.04.015. Barrel.
           7.04.020. City Sealer– Deputy Sealer.
           7.04.025. Commodity in package form.
           7.04.030. Consumer package– Package of consumer commodity.
           7.04.035. Cord.
           7.04.038. Electronic price scanning system.
           7.04.040. Fish.
           7.04.045. Intrastate commerce.
           7.04.050. Meat.
           7.04.055. Nonconsumer package – Package of nonconsumer commodity.
           7.04.060. Person.
           7.04.065. Poultry.
           7.04.070. Sell– Sale.
           7.04.075. Ton.
           7.04.080. Weight(s) and measure(s).
           7.04.085. Weighing or measuring instrument or device.

Subchapter II Official Standards
           7.04.100. Systems adopted.
           7.04.105. City standards– Examination and approval.
           7.04.110. Working standards and equipment.

Subchapter III City Sealer
           7.04.130. Director of Executive Administration designated as City Sealer.
           7.04.135. Powers and duties.
           7.04.140. Official guide of City Sealer– Correct or incorrect apparatus.
           7.04.145. General testing.
           7.04.150. Investigations.
           7.04.155. Inspection of packages.
           7.04.160. Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders.
           7.04.165. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus.
           7.04.170. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus.
           7.04.175. Police powers– Right of entry.
           7.04.180. Powers and duties of Deputy Sealers.

Subchapter IV Packaging– Generally
           7.04.200. Methods of sale– Measures, weights or counts.
           7.04.205. Declarations of quantity and origin.
           7.04.210. Declarations of single unit price on random packages.
           7.04.215. Misleading packages.
           7.04.220. Advertising packages for sale.

Subchapter V Packaging– Specifications
           7.04.250. Subchapter applicability.
           7.04.255. Definitions.
           7.04.260. Declaration of identity– Contents.
           7.04.265. Declaration of identity– Placement.
           7.04.270. Identification of manufacturer, packer or distributor.
           7.04.275. Declaration of quantity– Largest whole unit.
           7.04.280. Net quantity.
           7.04.285. Terms used to describe quantity.
           7.04.290. Quantity in weight or measure.
           7.04.295. Quantity in count.
           7.04.300. Multi-unit packages.
           7.04.305. Combination packages.
           7.04.310. Variety packages.
           7.04.315. Cylindrical containers.
           7.04.320. Units of measure to be used.
           7.04.325. Abbreviations.
           7.04.330. Units with two or more meanings.
           7.04.335. Quantity of less than one foot, square foot, pound, or pint.
           7.04.340. Quantity of four or more feet, square feet, pounds, or gallons.
           7.04.345. Weight or fluid measure– Dual quantity declaration.
           7.04.350. Length measure– Dual quantity declaration.
           7.04.355. Area measure– Dual quantity declaration.
           7.04.360. Bidimensional commodities.
           7.04.365. Count– Ply.
           7.04.370. Reduction of fractions.
           7.04.375. Supplementary quantity declarations.
           7.04.380. Metric system declarations.
           7.04.385. Average quantity at least equal to declared quantity.
           7.04.390. Qualification of declaration prohibited.
           7.04.395. Information to be prominent and legible.
           7.04.400. Location of declaration of quantity.
           7.04.405. Style of type or lettering.
           7.04.410. Color contrast.
           7.04.415. Free area.
           7.04.420. Calculation of area of principal display panel for purposes of type size.
           7.04.425. Minimum height of numbers and letters.
           7.04.430. Packages exempt from dual quantity declaration.
           7.04.435. Random packages.
           7.04.440. Penny candy.
           7.04.445. Individual servings.
           7.04.450. Cuts, plugs, and twists of tobacco and cigars.
           7.04.455. Reusable (returnable) glass containers.
           7.04.460. Containers standardized by device regulation.
           7.04.465. Packaged commodities with labeling requirements specified in federal law.
           7.04.470. Fluid dairy products, ice cream, and similar frozen desserts.
           7.04.475. Variations from declared net quantity.
           7.04.480. Variations resulting from exposure.
           7.04.485. Variations to be determined by individual cases.

Subchapter VI Sale by Net Weight
           7.04.500. Weight defined.
           7.04.505. Misrepresentation of price.
           7.04.510. Meat, poultry, and seafood.
           7.04.515. Bread.
           7.04.520. Butter, oleomargarine, and margarine.
           7.04.525. Fluid dairy products.
           7.04.530. Flour, cornmeal, and hominy grits.
           7.04.535. Bulk deliveries sold in terms of weight and delivered by vehicle.
           7.04.540. Furnace and stove oil.
           7.04.545. Berries and small fruits.

Subchapter VII Weighmaster License
           7.04.565. License required.
           7.04.570. Weighmaster license– Application, issuance and fee.
           7.04.575. Weigher license application.
           7.04.580. Authorization to issue certificates of weights.
           7.04.585. Renewal of license– Late fees.
           7.04.590. Duties of Licensed City Weigher.
           7.04.595. Seal presses.
           7.04.600. Weighing of vehicles.
           7.04.605. Only authorized persons to certify weights.
           7.04.610. Revocation of appointment.
           7.04.615. Delivery of certificate to consumer.
           7.04.620. Alteration of weight or certificate prohibited.
           7.04.625. Use of official tickets, certificates or statements.
           7.04.630. Surrender of license to City Sealer.

Subchapter VIII Special Inspection Service
           7.04.645. Registration– Fees.
           7.04.650. Request for service.

Subchapter IX Enforcement
           7.04.675. Construction of contracts.
           7.04.680. Hindering or obstructing City Sealer.
           7.04.685. Impersonation of City Sealer.
           7.04.690. Offenses and penalties.
           7.04.695. Presumptive evidence.

Statutory Reference: For statutory provisions on weights and measures, see RCW Ch. 19.94.

Severability: If any provision of this code is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of the code and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(Ord. 98820 § 42, 1970.)