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Council debates enforcement of municipal infraction for stray shopping carts; staff to notify businesses about signage
Summary
After a recent incident in which shopping carts were left in public areas, council members discussed adding a specific fee to the rates-and-fees schedule and urged staff to notify businesses to post required signage so the municipal-infraction rule can be enforced.
Council members at a Pocomoke City work session raised concerns about shopping carts being left in public spaces and whether the city’s municipal infraction code can be enforced. A staff member said the code includes a municipal-infraction provision and that, under the ordinance, fines cannot exceed $1,000; the staff member said the police chief will provide a…
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