Glasgow Retail Merchants ordinance (§ 605.260)
Chapter 605: Business and Occupation Taxes · Article II. Businesses, Trades And Occupations
In short: A business licensed for selling one particular kind of goods at retail is covered only if it deals in those goods to the substantial exclusion of other goods. Such businesses are not treated as "retail merchants" under any retail merchant's license ordinance, now or later.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
Any occupation herein designated as subject to license, which involved the sale at retail of any particular goods, wares, or merchandise, at any store, stand, or place in the City, shall only be held to include such persons engaged in such occupation who deal in such particular goods, wares, or merchandise to the substantial exclusion of any other kinds of goods, wares, or merchandise. And such persons so subject to license hereunder are declared not to be retail merchants within the meaning of any retail merchant's license ordinance now or hereafter in force.
Official source: City of Glasgow official Code of Ordinances (online), § 605.260
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.