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ORDINANCE NO. 67-240
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
ADDING SECTION 4276 TO THE TEMPLE CITY MU-
NICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SHOPPING CARTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. Section 4276 is hereby added to the Temple
City Municipal Code to read as follows:
Section 4276. UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL, USE OR
POSSESSION OF SHOPPING CARTS
(a) Removal. No person shall remove any shopping
cart, shopping basket or other similar device from the
premises or parking area of any business establishment
if such shopping cart, basket or device has permanently
affixed to it a sign identifying it as belonging to the
owner or operator of such business establishment and a
notification to the effect that such cart, basket or de-
vice is not to be removed from the premises.
(b) Abandonment. No person shall abandon or leave
any such shopping cart, shopping basket or other similar
device which has been removed from the owner's premises
upon any public street, alley, sidewalk, parkway or other
public place, nor upon any private property except that
of the owner of such cart, basket or device.
(c) Possession. No person shall have in his pos-
session any shopping cart, shopping basket or other
similar device which has been removed from the premises
of any business establishment operated by the owner of
said cart, basket or device and which has permanently
affixed to it a sign identifying it as belonging to the
operator of a business establishment and a notification
to the effect that such cart, basket or device is not
to be removed from the premises of said establishment.
(d) Use. No person shall use any shopping cart,
shopping bascet or other similar device for any purpose
other than that intended by the owner of said cart,
basket or device.
(e) Alteration. No person shall alter, convert or
tamper with any shopping cart, shopping basket or other
similar device or remove any part thereof.
SECTION 2. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation
violating this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not
more than $500, or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail
for a period of not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk of the City of Temple City
shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance
and to its approval by the Mayor and shall cause the same to
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Ord. No. 67 -240
be published in the Temple City Times, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of
Temple City.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 1st day of August, 1967.
Mayor of the City of
Temple City, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss:
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY )
I, KARL KOSKI, City Clerk of the City of Temple City,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being
Ordinance No. 67 -240 , was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple City, held
on the 18th day of July , 1967, and was duly
passed, approved and adopted by said Council, approved and
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of
August , 1967, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen - Briggs, Harker, Merritt, Beckley
NOES: Councilman - Tyrell
ABSENT: Councilmen -None
City Clerk
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