[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Township of Montclair 11-27-1990
by Ord. No. 90-51. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Nuisances — See Ch. 218.
No person shall remove any grocery or shopping cart from the premises
of any commercial establishment, including any store, shop, market or supermarket,
etc., in the Township of Montclair.
The owner or person in charge of any such commercial establishment supplying
carts for the on-premises convenience of shoppers shall cause to be prominently
displayed at all exits therefrom a notice of the provisions of this chapter
relating to the prohibition against removal of carts from the premises and
penalties for violations thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or owners to permit any carts to
be left unattended or abandoned on any public streets or public place within
the Township of Montclair.
Shopping carts abandoned upon any sidewalk, street, public or private
parking lot or other property, public or private, in the Township of Montclair,
other than upon the premises of the commercial establishment which owns such
shopping cart, shall constitute a violation of this chapter and shall be so
cited and thereafter picked up by the Township of Montclair and returned to
the owner thereof. There shall be a charge of $10 per cart assessed against
the owner for the return of these carts, and this charge shall be collected
at the time the violation is adjudicated by the appropriate court or municipal
officials.
Any person violating the terms of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof in the Municipal Court of the Township of Montclair or any other court
authorized by law to hear and determine the same, be subject to penalty by
a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment in the county
jail not exceeding 30 days, or both.
All fines imposed and charges collected under and by virtue of the provisions
of this chapter shall be paid into the treasury of the Township of Montclair.
