[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Brick 12-15-1970 by Ord. No. 93-70 (Ch. 256 of the 1989 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
SHOPPING CART
Any type of container equipped with wheels or rollers and used in retail stores for the collection and transportation of merchandise by a shopper or purchaser.
It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the Township that the indiscriminate abandonment of shopping carts in parking areas, roadways and other places, public or private, constitutes a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian travel; and in unlighted areas constitutes the creation of dangerous obstructions resulting in a nuisance hazardous to the public generally.
[Amended 3-14-1989 by Ord. No. 666-89]
Any person who shall abandon or leave any shopping cart off of the premises or lands occupied or controlled by the owner of the shopping cart, without returning the same, shall be punished as provided in Chapter 1, § 1-15, General penalty.