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Ordinance Relative to Shopping Carts and Shopping Carriages in the City of Lynn
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Lynn and by the authority of the same as follows, to wit:-

SECTION 1:00
All shopping carts and shopping carriages owned by any person or entity in the City of Lynn shall have the telephone number of the owner printed clearly on the handle.

SECTION 2:00
An owner of a shopping cart or shopping carriage shall retrieve said shopping carts and carriages within twenty-four (24) of being notified by the Department of Inspectional Services that the shopping cart and shopping carriage is located off-premises.

SECTION 3:00
Any violation the provisions of Section 1:00 of this Ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Any violation of Section 2:00 shall be punishable by a fine of Twenty-Five ($25.00) Dollars per shopping cart or shopping carriage.

SECTION 4:00
The Lynn Police Department shall be enforcing authority of this Ordinance.

SECTION 5:00
All Ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistant herewith are hereby repealed.

SECTION 6:00
This ordinance shall take effect thirty-one (31) days after its final approval as sdopted and advertised.

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.