52-09 Amend 521.17 Shopping Cart Litter

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PLACED ON 1~ READING 6/1/09, 2ND READING 6/15/09) ORDINANCE N0. 52-09 BY: Antonio, Bullock, Butler, Dever, Madigan, Powers, Summers. AN ORDINANCE to amend Section 521.17, Shopping Cart Litter, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances for the purpose of allowing the City of Lakewood to donate, recycle or otherwise dispose of the carts that are unclaimed. WHEREAS, Section 521.17, Shopping Cart Litter, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances currently requires that unclaimed shopping carts be auctioned; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood participates in various on-line and local auctions and no longer holds an annual auction that was contemplated when this provision was originally adopted by Council; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has been approached by Easter Seals for a donation of the unclaimed shopping carts for use in their stores; and WHEREAS, the shopping carts are of little or no value if auctioned. Now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 521.17, Shopping. Cart Litter, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 521.17 SHOPPING CART LITTER. (a) Definitions. (1) "Shopping cart" means a basket of metal, wood, wire, or other material mounted on wheels or a device similar thereto, such as are generally provided by merchants for carting or carrying merchandise of any nature within the merchant's building that may be used to carry merchandise to customers' automobiles. alley, lane?highwaybltreealawn,~cuu belaneeand any other public propelrty orright of way located within the City. (b) Every person, who by reason of their business establishment and procedure, makes shopping carts available to any member of the public, any customer or any other person, shall conspicuously identify such shopping carts with an identification clearly indicating the name of the person or establishment and location of the same.