10-28-080 Abandonment of shopping carts prohibited.

   No person shall abandon or leave unattended any grocery cart or shopping cart upon any public street, sidewalk or public way within the City of Chicago or upon the private property of any person adjoining or abutting any public way or sidewalk within the City of Chicago other than the premises where said cart was originally obtained.

(Prior code § 34-6.1)

10-28-090 Removal from premises prohibited.

   No person shall remove or license or permit the removal of grocery cart or shopping cart from the premises and parking lot of the establishment which furnished said cart.

(Prior code § 34-6.2)

10-28-100 Ordinance to be posted.

   A copy of this ordinance shall be posted in a conspicuous place in every place of business or establishment which provides grocery carts or shopping carts for use by its customers or patrons.

(Prior code § 34-6.3)

10-28-110 Violation – Penalty.

   Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $200.00 for each such offense.

(Prior code § 34-6.4)

10-28-120 Police enforcement.

   It shall be the duty of the superintendent of police to see to the enforcement of the foregoing provisions of this chapter, and every policeman shall, whenever there is any obstruction in any public way, endeavor to remove the same; and, in case such obstruction shall be of such a character that the same cannot readily be removed, then such policeman shall report the same to the department of transportation, and the said department shall remove such obstruction.

(Prior code § 34-7; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832)

ARTICLE II-A. RESERVED* (10-28-121 et seq.)

* Editor's note – Coun. J. 12-15-99, p. 21529, § 6, repealed Art. II-A, §§ 10-28-121 – 10-28-128, which pertained to kiosks.

ARTICLE III. NEWSPAPER STANDS (10-28-130 et seq.)

10-28-130 Permit required.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, locate, construct or maintain any newspaper stand on the public way or any other unenclosed property owned or controlled by the city without obtaining a permit therefor from the commissioner of transportation and as hereinafter provided. No new permit for a newspaper stand shall be issued on or after September 22, 1991; provided that permits that have expired or have been revoked may be reissued as provided in this article.

   Any newspaper stand on the public way authorized pursuant to this section shall not require the issuance of a public way use permit pursuant to Section 10-28-010.

(Prior code § 34-8; Amend Coun. J. 6-28-91, p. 2872; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. IX, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-13-10, p. 83228, § 1)