[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City of New Rochelle 3-15-2011 by Ord. No.
53-2011. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Shopping Carts are frequently taken from the owner's premises
and abandoned where they create a danger or inconvenience to the public
and/or cause a blighting influence.
It is the intent of this chapter to address the danger and inconvenience
to the public caused by the abandonment of Shopping Carts in public
places by requiring that the owners of such Shopping Carts provide
identification tags on each Shopping Carts. This will make it easier
for the owners to locate and retrieve their Shopping Carts.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes a person of either sex, corporation, partnership,
association, joint-stock company, society and other entity capable
of being sued.
A hand-drawn or -propelled vehicle or wheeled container made
of metal, wood or other material such as is generally provided by
merchants for the use of their customers in carting or carrying goods,
wares and merchandise to automobiles or other vehicles.
Three months after adoption of this chapter, any Shopping Cart
provided or made available for use by any person, agent or employee
shall have securely and visibly attached thereto the identification
of the person in ownership or control of said Shopping Cart, along
with a telephone number to be called for pickup of the abandoned cart.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any person
to provide Shopping Carts without such identification after the above-described
period.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding
$250.
