[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Ridley 3-19-1975 as Ch. 115 of the 1975 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 264.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, operator or manager of any store, shop, market or supermarket to have on the premises where such store, shop, market or supermarket is located, or to supply to any patron or customer of such store, shop, market or supermarket, any shopping cart without having securely attached thereto a metal tag of identification setting forth the name of the store and its location.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, operator or manager of any store, shop, market or supermarket to permit any shopping cart supplied by such store, shop, market or supermarket to be or remain on any sidewalk, street or highway of the Township of Ridley.
The presence of any such shopping cart on any sidewalk, street or highway shall be presumed to be with the knowledge and consent of the owner, operator or manager of the said store, shop, market or supermarket, and the presence of such cart as herein prohibited shall create an inference that the knowledge and consent of the owner, operator or manager of the store, shop, market or supermarket to permit such shopping cart on said sidewalk, street or highway was first had and obtained.
Any unattended shopping cart found upon any sidewalk, street or highway of the Township of Ridley is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and the police of the Township of Ridley are hereby authorized and directed to remove the same and store such shopping cart with the Township of Ridley Police Department.
Any shopping cart removed to the Police Department under § 241-4 hereof may be returned to the owner thereof upon payment to the Township Secretary, for the use of the Township, of the sum as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).