8.70.050   Permission for cart removal from business premises required and unauthorized possession prohibited.
   A.   No person shall be deemed to be authorized to remove a cart with cart identification from the business premises unless he or she possesses written authorization from the cart owner. Removal authorization shall be valid for a period not to exceed twelve (12) hours. The authorization shall include: the date and time of removal, the name, address, and phone number of the store where the cart was removed, as well as the name, title and signature of the person authorizing the removal. This section shall not apply to the possession of a shopping cart removed from the business premises at the direction of the cart owner for the purposes of repair, maintenance, or when persons have taken possession of the cart in order to return it to the cart owner.
   B.   It shall be unlawful for a person to possess a shopping cart with a cart identification sign on sidewalks, streets, trails, other public property open to the public, or on private property open to public view, without written authorization from the cart owner, unless the person has the express permission of the cart owner to repair or maintain the cart, is in the process of returning an empty cart to the cart owner, or is moving the cart so it can be picked up by a cart retrieval service.
(Ord. 2017-06 § 2 (part), 2017: Ord. 2013-05, 2013)