No merchant, corporate or otherwise, shall provide shopping carts for
the use of his customers without first affixing thereto a permanent tag of
identification, setting forth the name and address of the merchant.
Any merchant who shall permit his customers to take carts off the premises
shall be responsible if the carts are abandoned or otherwise left on public
streets or public property or on private property without the express consent
of the owner or tenant thereof.
[Amended 8-28-1986 by Ord. No. 941-86]
All such carts abandoned or otherwise left on public streets, public
property or on private property without the express consent of the owner or
tenant thereof shall be seized and impounded by the Police Department or the
Department of Public Works or such other officials or departments as may be
designated by the Mayor or Business Administrator and shall be sold, in accordance
with the provisions of the applicable state statute, at public auction as
unclaimed property after a period of six months unless the owner thereof shall
claim them from the City of Passaic and pay the sum of $25 for each such cart
to cover municipal retrieval costs and, in addition thereto, $1 per day for
storage for each such cart. Such fees shall be paid to the Treasurer of the
City of Passaic.
[Added 8-28-1986 by Ord. No. 941-86]
Any merchant who shall permit his customers to take carts off the premises, and, as a result thereof, the carts are abandoned or otherwise left on public streets or public property or on private property without the express consent of the owner or tenant thereof in violation of §
243-2 of the Code of the City of Passaic, shall be liable to pay a fine not to exceed $100 for each such violation, which fine may be imposed by a Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Passaic. Each day when a shopping cart or carts are abandoned or otherwise left on public streets or public property or on private property without the express consent of the owner or tenant thereof shall constitute a separate violation, without regard to the number of carts so abandoned on each such day.