A person that supplies shopping carts for public use at the person’s business shall:
(1) 
Post signs in sufficient number to give notice to members of the public entering onto or leaving the business premises that unauthorized appropriation of a shopping cart is a crime under ORS 164.015 and provide a toll-free or local telephone number that members of the public may use to report abandoned shopping carts.
(2) 
Identify the person’s business on each shopping cart and post a sign on the shopping cart that:
(a) 
Notifies any member of the public using the shopping cart that unauthorized appropriation of a shopping cart is a crime under ORS 164.015;
(b) 
Provides a toll-free or local telephone number for use in reporting an abandoned shopping cart.
(3) 
Establish, maintain, and make available to the public, at the person’s own expense, a toll-free or local telephone line for the purpose of reporting abandoned shopping carts. The person shall forward each report the person receives concerning an abandoned shopping cart to the owner of the shopping carts and to the Albany Police Department Community Resource Unit.
(4) 
Retrieve abandoned shopping carts.
(Ord. 5991 § 2, 2022)
(1) 
A person may agree with other persons to share and to pay expenses related to the toll-free or local telephone line described in AMC § 8.01.065(3). The agreement shall provide that any person designated to operate the toll-free or local telephone line and receive reports concerning abandoned shopping carts must forward the reports in accordance with AMC § 8.01.065(3).
(2) 
A person shall retrieve a shopping cart that the person owns within 72 hours after receiving notification that the shopping cart has been abandoned.
(3) 
If the City identifies, salvages, or reclaims an abandoned shopping cart, it shall use the toll-free or local telephone line described in AMC § 8.01.065(3) to report the existence and location of an abandoned shopping cart, if the owner is identifiable.
(4) 
The City may take custody of an abandoned shopping cart and impose a fine of $50 on the owner of the shopping cart if the owner does not retrieve the shopping cart within 72 hours after the City makes a report under subsection (3) of this section or after the owner receives a report under AMC § 8.01.065(3).
(5) 
The City may release a shopping cart in the City of Albany’s custody to the owner upon payment of the $50 fine.
(6) 
The City may take title to a shopping cart in the City of Albany’s custody and dispose of the shopping cart as the City of Albany deems appropriate if the owner does not claim the cart within 30 days.
(Ord. 5991 § 2, 2022)
(1) 
A business that supplies shopping carts for public use and is found in violation of AMC § 8.01.065 or § 8.01.070 more than six times within a six month period shall be required to implement a shopping cart containment system to prevent carts from being removed from the premises.
(2) 
Acceptable containment systems shall include at least one of the following:
(a) 
Wheel lock systems that prevent carts from being taken beyond a designated perimeter;
(b) 
Physical barriers, such as bollards or cart corrals, that restrict cart removal;
(c) 
Any other method approved by the Chief of Police that effectively deters unauthorized cart removal.
(3) 
The business shall implement the required containment system within 90 days of receiving written notice of the requirement to do so. Extensions may be granted at the discretion of the Chief of Police upon written request and demonstration of reasonable progress toward compliance.
(4) 
Failure to comply with this section may result in an additional fine of up to $250 per day until the containment system is in place.
(5) 
The City shall notify the business in writing, via hand delivery to any manager, of the repeated violations and the requirement to implement a containment system. The notification shall include:
(a) 
The name of the business and street address;
(b) 
A list of the violations and corresponding dates;
(c) 
A list of acceptable containment systems;
(d) 
The deadline for compliance;
(e) 
An explanation of acceptable containment options; and
(f) 
The right to appeal.
(6) 
Any person who receives a notice described in this section may appeal, in writing, to the city manager or their designee within 15 calendar days of the delivery of notice. The appeal must specify the basis therefor.
(7) 
The appeal shall be referred to the municipal court for a hearing.
(8) 
If the municipal judge finds in favor of the city, the business shall install the containment system within such time as the judge may grant or, if no specific period of time is granted, within 90 days of the judge’s decision.
(Ord. 6071, 11/19/2025)