Chapter 184, SHOPPING CARTS

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Chapter 184, SHOPPING CARTS

§ 184-1. Definitions.

Unless otherwise stated expressly, the following words and expressions where used in this chapter shall have the meanings as follows:

ABANDONMENT -- A shopping cart shall be deemed abandoned if left unattended on any street, as herein defined, of the Village of Ilion.

SHOPPING CART -- Includes any cart, basket, container or other devise made of wire, metal or other material, mounted on wheels, manually operated and used generally for the conveyance of goods and property.

STREET -- Includes a street, avenue, road, alleyway, public passageway, lane, highway, concourse, driveway, culvert, crosswalk and sidewalk and every class of road, square and municipal parking field used by the general public.

§ 184-2. Abandonment prohibited.

No person who owns or makes available to the public in connection with the conduct of business and trade any shopping cart shall leave or suffer or permit it to be left by himself, his agents or other persons to whom temporary possession has been permitted by said owner upon any street, sidewalk, municipal parking field or public place.

§ 184-3. Identification tags.

Every person who owns or makes available to the public in connection with the conduct of business and trade any shopping cart shall mark or cause the same to be marked and identified conspicuously with the name and address of the owner. Such identification shall be in the form of metal tags securely fastened to the cart or a cutting or stamping on the frame of the cart or other means for permanently identifying the owner of the cart.

§ 184-4. Seizing of abandoned carts.

The Village of Ilion Department of Public Works is hereby authorized to seize and remove any abandoned shopping carts from any public place within the Village of Ilion without notice and shall take them to a facility within the village for redemption or disposition as herein provided.

§ 184-5. Notice of impoundment.

Whenever the Public Works Department shall take possession of any property left upon any street, sidewalk, municipal parking field or public place in violation of this chapter where such property contains identification of ownership, a notice shall be sent, by ordinary mail, to such person purporting to be the owner, advising that such property is held by the Public Works Department and advising the amount necessary to redeem and the place where the same may be redeemed.

§ 184-6. Redemption.

Such property may be redeemed by the owner thereof at any time prior to the sale, dismantling, destruction or disposal thereof, and the owner shall be entitled to receive such property upon tendering the sum of one dollar ($1.) to the Village of Ilion. No property shall be delivered to a person seeking to redeem the same unless proof establishing ownership is submitted to the satisfaction of the Public Works Department. Any delivery to a person apparently entitled thereto shall be a good defense to the village against any other person claiming to be entitled thereto, but if the person to whom delivery is made is not in fact entitled thereto, the person to whom the same ought to have been delivered may recover the same from the person to whom the same shall have been delivered.

§ 184-7. Storage charges.

If a shopping cart remains unclaimed after two (2) weeks, a storage charge will then be imposed at the rate of one dollar ($1.) per day, beginning after the expiration of the two-week period, to be paid by the party redeeming the cart from storage.

§ 184-8. Deposit of fees and charges.

Immediately after the property is redeemed, the proceeds shall be paid over to the Village Treasurer and deposited in the General Fund of the village.