GDocs Link to Storeport G2
GDocs Link to Storeport G2

Chapter 15.70 – REMOVAL OF GROCERY CARTS

15.70.010 – Prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to remove any supermarket cart for a distance of more than one hundred feet from the premises of the owner or operator of a retail grocery store or retail grocery supermarket within the city, or to place or abandon any supermarket cart upon or in any street, alley, or sidewalk within the city after utilization of same.

15.70.020 – Marking carts.
All persons, firms, or corporations operating retail grocery stores or retail grocery supermarkets shall identify and mark each supermarket cart with the name and address of such market so the owner of the cart may be readily ascertained by an examination of the cart.

About Shopping Cart Ordinances

Retailers can struggle to stop cart abandonment, often paying up to $15,000 a year on replacement carts and municipal fines and fees due imposed by communities. These cart regulations and laws are put in place to not only control the environmental impact of abandoned carts, but also to keep towns and cities clean.

Most shopping cart ordinances fall into three categories: The first category is regulations requiring retailers to have a plan to contain and collect errant shopping carts. Secondly, those that define the fines and penalties a city may impose on retailers for abandoned or errant shopping carts. Finally, the third category of rules generally requires retailers to have a system to contain shopping carts, preventing abandonment.