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Stonecrest adopts abandoned shopping-cart ordinance after debate on fines, enforcement
Summary
Council approved an ordinance to require cart-retrieval plans from businesses and to impose fines for noncompliance; council clarified that the measure will use fines (not a city fee schedule) and that enforcement procedure will rely on code enforcement contact and a 72‑hour removal window.
The Stonecrest City Council on June 26 approved an ordinance addressing abandoned shopping carts, requiring new businesses to provide cart-retrieval plans and imposing fines for businesses that fail to comply.
The ordinance (TMOD 25-001) was presented by city staff as a public-safety and nuisance measure to address shopping carts removed from business premises and left on public or private property. The ordinance creates a retrieval-plan requirement for new developments, defines abandoned shopping carts, and establishes citations and penalties. Under the ordinance as amended by council, the citation amount is $150 for the first cart and…
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