It is the intent of this chapter to eliminate danger and inconvenience
to the public caused by the abandonment of shopping carts in public
places, such as streets and sidewalks, within the Village of South
Floral Park, where the abandoned carts may become an obstacle to traffic
and a hazard to pedestrians.
It shall be unlawful for any person to provide carts for patrons'
use on store or business premises unless the cart has permanently
affixed to it a sign, metallic tag or other means for clearly identifying
the owner of the cart and the specific store location at which said
cart is used.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any
owner to suffer or permit any person to take any cart from the owner's
premises or parking area and thereafter abandon, discard, leave, place
or suffer or permit any cart to be left or placed in a public place.
The Commissioner and public works employees are hereby authorized
to seize and remove or cause to be removed any abandoned shopping
cart from any public place within the Village without notice and shall
take or cause the same to be taken to a facility within the Village
for redemption or disposition as hereinafter provided. Such facility
may consist of any outdoor area designated by the Commissioner. The
storage of such carts at such facility shall be without liability
on the part of the Village to the owner of the carts.
Whenever any shopping carts having identification of ownership
are removed, notice of the removal shall be sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, advising of the removal, the facility to
which it was removed and the amount necessary to redeem the article.
[Added 9-5-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring a shopping cart,
as defined in this chapter, into a public place within the Village,
as defined in this chapter, at any time and for any reason.
[Added 7-9-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
Any person committing an offense against the provisions set forth in §
157-9 of this chapter shall be fined a maximum fine of $25 per cart. Repeat offenders may be fined up to $50.