[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Monroe as Chapter 660, Sec. 660.11, of the 1995 Codified
Ordinances of Monroe; amended 8-12-1996 by Ord. No. 96-018; 9-4-2001 by Ord. No. 01-019 8-1-2005 by Ord. No. 05-008]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any rolling or nonrolling container or basket made of wire,
metal, wood or other material commonly used in supermarkets, self-service
stores or markets for transporting merchandise or foodstuffs within
the establishments and from the business establishment to a motor
vehicle or other building.
No person shall leave or abandon, on any public
street, sidewalk or any other public place in the City, any cart from
any business establishment, market or food-dispensing establishment.
No store, supermarket or other business establishment
shall allow any cart to remain in the parking lot of the establishment
after business hours.
No store, supermarket or business establishment
shall provide to or make available for use by any person a cart which
can be removed from the premises of the store, supermarket or business
establishment, unless the cart shall have securely attached to it
a metallic or plastic identification tag or plate identifying the
store, supermarket or business establishment.
The Police Department may conduct inspections
of any premises where carts are provided and available for use during
business hours in order to inspect such carts for proper identification
tags.
A.Â
The Police Chief shall remove or cause to be removed
any cart found abandoned in any public place. Such cart shall be impounded
at any City-owned storage facility available for such purpose.
B.Â
The Police Department shall notify the owner of the
cart by ordinary mail within three days of such impoundment.
C.Â
The owner may reclaim the cart for $10 within 15 days
of the date of the notice of impounding.
Carts remaining unclaimed or unredeemed beyond
the 15 days after notice shall be disposed of by public auction. Notice
of such auction shall be given at least 14 days before the auction
in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.
A.Â
If any impounded carts remain unsold at public sale,
the Chief of Police may dismantle, destroy, sell or dispose of the
unclaimed carts in any manner.
B.Â
Any public sale or other disposition of the carts
shall be without liability on the part of the City to the owner of
the carts or any other person legally entitled to or having an interest
therein.
A.Â
Within 30 days of redemption of the property, the
Chief of Police shall pay over to the Clerk/Treasurer the amount received
for the redemption.
