[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Marple 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-20.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Those pushcarts of the type or types which are commonly provided
by grocery stores, markets and other types of stores for the use of the public
in transporting commodities in stores, markets and other types of stores and
incidentally from the store to a place outside the store.
Any person who makes any use of any shopping cart belonging to or furnished
by the owner of the store, market or shopping center, for assembling or moving
of groceries, foodstuffs and allied products there purchased, shall after
such use promptly return the shopping carts to the property from whence taken.
Any other use made of said shopping carts, including the abandonment
of the same upon the streets, highways, alleys and other public ways of the
Township, shall be deemed a public nuisance; and any person found guilty of
committing such a nuisance shall, upon conviction thereof in summary proceedings,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more that $600 or to confinement for not
more than 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Unattended shopping carts that are removed from the store premises.
The store, merchant or market or store manager of the store which
provides shopping carts for its customers.
Those pushcarts of the type or types which are commonly provided
by grocery stores, markets and other types of stores for the use of the public
in transporting commodities in stores, markets and other types of stores and
incidentally from the store to a place outside the store.
Includes the building, sidewalks and parking lot for the stores or
markets which offer shopping carts for its customers.
Every owner who provides shopping carts to its customers shall clearly
indicate on a conspicuous place of the shopping cart the name of the owner's
store or business. The owner shall be responsible for the shopping carts that
it provides to its customers and shall take appropriate measures to make sure
that the shopping carts are returned to the store premises.
If a shopping cart is found abandoned, the Marple Police Department
shall issue a citation to the owner in an amount not less than $100 and not
more than $600. In addition, the Township may retrieve the shopping cart and
charge the owner not less than $100 per cart for the Township's costs
to remove and return the cart to the owner's store premises.
