A. Pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 22435.1, each shopping cart owned or used within the City shall have permanently affixed to it and easily visible a cart identification sign or engraved surface which includes all of the following information: The name of the cart owner; the telephone number of the cart owner and/or commercial establishment to which the cart belongs; a valid toll-free phone number for cart retrieval; the procedure (if any) to be followed to obtain permission to remove the cart from the business premises; and a notice to the public that unauthorized removal of the cart from the business premises is a violation of state law and city ordinance.
B. In addition to the cart identification and cart removal notice required on each cart, the cart owner shall post a notice in substantially the following form prominently and conspicuously in the area where carts are stored for customer use:
REMOVAL OF SHOPPING CARTS FROM THESE PREMISES WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE OWNER IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. (Visalia City Ordinance Code 8.70.050)
The notice required by this section shall be considered exempt from the Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 17.48.
C. It shall be the responsibility of each cart owner to comply with subsections A. and B. of this section, and to continuously maintain, or cause to be maintained all signs so that all of the required information is accurate and clearly legible.
(Ord. 2017-06 § 2 (part), 2017: Ord. 2013-05, 2013)