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Stonecrest staff presents draft abandoned-shopping-cart ordinance requiring retrieval plans, fines for large retailers
Summary
Council members reviewed a draft ordinance that would require retail establishments with four or more shopping carts to file cart-retrieval plans and provide a contact for code enforcement; the draft sets a fine schedule and contemplates a notification period before enforcement.
A draft ordinance to address abandoned shopping carts drew council discussion at the May 12 Stonecrest work session, with a council staff member presenting a proposal that would require retail businesses with four or more carts to keep carts on-site, install cart-stopping devices and submit a retrieval plan to the city.
Support staff for Councilmember Terry Fye said the draft requires businesses that use shopping carts to provide a retrieval plan and a staff contact and that the city could request that plan within 60 days. The presenter described a fine schedule included in the draft: “1 cart is $150 plus 125 for each additional cart found,” and said the measure mirrors ordinances in other nearby cities.
The draft aims to give code enforcement a clear enforcement path and a means to notify businesses when carts are found off site. The presenter said the ordinance would let code enforcement notify the…
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