(A) The owner or retailer shall be responsible for posting notices of this chapter on the shopping carts, on the premises, or in the parking area of the retail establishment.
(B) Owners and/or retailers that have establishments that provide shopping carts to patrons shall place the name, address and telephone number of the retail establishment owning the shopping cart upon each shopping cart within 90 days of the effective date of this section.
(C) The owner and/or retailers are required to execute an agency statement form which shall read substantially as follows:
In accordance with F.S. § 506.513(2), it is a violation of F.S. § 506.501 through 506.519, to remove a shopping cart without written authorization from the registered owner, from the premises or parking area of any retail establishment. In accordance with F.S. § 506.519, this prohibition does not apply to the owner of a shopping cart, to a retailer, or to the agents or employees of such owner or retailer. The city is designated as an agent for the registered owner of a shopping cart, or as an agent for the commercial establishment using shopping carts, for the purposes of retrieving any shopping cart which may be located on any property within the city other than the property constituting the business premises of the shopping cart registered owner or the parking lot accessory thereto, or from the business premises of the commercial establishment using the shopping cart, or the parking lot adjacent thereto, or all of the foregoing. The person signing this statement warrants and represents he/she has the authority to sign this document on behalf of the registered agent or commercial establishment, whichever is appropriate.
(Ord. O-98-31, passed 11-18-98; Am. Ord. O-2003-17, passed 7-16-03)