[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Dickinson 11-14-2011 by L.L. No.
2-2011. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The act of leaving, deserting or giving up control and/or
possession of a shopping cart in a public place.
Any street, highway, sidewalk or other publicly owned property
to which the public or a substantial number of persons has access.
Any device, vehicle or wheeled container of the kind customarily
provided by merchants to customers for the purpose of carrying merchandise.
Every supermarket or business establishment operating within
the Town, or whose operations touch, border, concern, or otherwise
involve the Town or its residents, that makes shopping carts available
to the public shall permanently mark said carts with the name and
address of the owner.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a shopping cart
or permit the removal of a shopping cart from the property of the
establishment or business that makes said cart available, except that
such a cart may be removed to a parking area adjoining the property
of said establishment or business. Violation of this section shall
be punishable by a fine not to exceed $50.
A.
The Commissioner of the Public Works Department is hereby authorized
to remove or cause to be removed any shopping carts found in any public
area and deemed to be abandoned, and to store said cart until it is
redeemed or otherwise disposed of.
B.
Within 30 days after said removal, the Commissioner shall mail a
notice, by first-class mail, to the owner of the cart, stating that
each cart may be redeemed by the owner upon payment to the Town Clerk
the sum of $30 per cart.
