10-10.8 Mandatory Plan to Prevent Cart Removal.
Every owner of a business providing five (5) or more carts shall implement a shopping cart plan in accordance with this section and shall submit to the City within sixty (60) days of adoption of this section and any time the plan is proposed to be amended. Such plan shall include all the following elements:
a. Identifying Information. Name, address and telephone number of the business, and the name and telephone number of the on-site manager or designated agent.
b. Required Information. The number of on-site shopping carts, and the requirements for sign identification on carts.
c. Public Notices. A description of a customer education process by which the owner will inform customers that the removal or off-site possession of carts is a violation of State laws and this section. This information may include business signs posted in prominent places, flyers, warnings on shopping bags, direct mail, in-store announcements, or any other form of written notification demonstrated to be effective.
d. Required Signs on Property. Signs shall be placed in prominent places on the business premises that warn customers that cart removal is prohibited and constitutes a violation of State and City law.
e. Employee Training. A description of employee-training program to educate existing and new employees about the shopping cart plan.
f. Loss Prevention Measures. A description of the measures that the owner will implement to prevent the removal of shopping carts from the premises. These measures may include, but are not limited to, devices on shopping carts that automatically disable them if they are removed from the premises, employment of personnel to advise and deter customers from removing shopping carts, installation of obstacles to prevent the removal of shopping carts, collection of security deposits for use of all carts, or the rental or sale of utility carts that can be temporarily or permanently used to transport purchases.
g. Retrieval Measures. Specific measures to retrieve shopping carts that are removed from the owner’s premises on a weekly basis and within seventy-two (72) hours of notice from the City under subsection 10-10.14. Such measures may include, but are not limited to, employment of personnel or contractors to retrieve shopping carts. The City may require retrieval on a more frequent time schedule upon thirty (30) day notification to business owners. (Ord. #178-2015)