(A) It shall be the responsibility of a shopping cart owner to effectively contain or control all carts within the boundaries of the store premises. A shopping cart owner shall install and/or implement each method of containment described in the city-approved cart containment and retrieval plan. Methods of containment may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Electronic or other disabling devices installed on the shopping carts that prevent their removal from the store premises;
(2) Bollards or other structures, installed or erected on the perimeter of the store premises, which restrict shopping carts to these premises. Such structures shall not interfere with fire lanes, handicap access, or conflict with federal, state and local laws, including municipal building and zoning codes;
(3) Use of courtesy clerks to accompany customers to their vehicles and return shopping carts to the store;
(4) Security deposit for patron's use of a shopping cart;
(5) Other demonstrably effective method, approved by the Development Review Committee, that is likely to prevent cart removal from store premises.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, shopping cart owners engaging in business in the city on the effective date of this chapter shall implement all methods of cart containment, in conformity with division (A) and the shopping cart owner's city-approved cart containment and retrieval plan, within 12 months from the effective date of this chapter.
(Ord. 2010-11 § 2 (part), 2010)