City of Milwaukee - File #: 060341

• File #: 060341
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 6/20/2006
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 2/10/2009
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to abandonment of shopping carts.
• Sponsors: ALD. DONOVAN, ALD. PUENTE, ALD. DUDZIK, ALD. BOHL, ALD. BAUMAN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/10/2009	2	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	15:0
1/29/2009	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	5:0
6/28/2007	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Alderman Donovan announced at the beginning of the meeting that this matter would be held to the call of the chair.	Pass	5:0
6/26/2007	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/26/2007	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/26/2007	2	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added
6/21/2007	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/21/2007	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/7/2007	2	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/7/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Motion by Alderman Hamilton to accept Proposed Substitute (B).	Pass	5:0
6/7/2007	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	4:0
5/30/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/30/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/8/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Appearances: Mary Bengsch, Department of Public Works. Bruce Martin, Lena's Food Market spoken in opposition of the ordinance. Alderman Joe Dudzik, 11th Aldermanic District. Jack Ross, Deals Store. William Dowling, Roundys Supermarkets, Inc. Chris Tackett, Wisconsin Merchants Association representing Walmart and Walgreens Stores. Brandon Scholz, Wisconsin Grocers Assoc., Inc. This matter was held to the call of the chair to allow business owners the opportunity to meet with committee members and to allow retail establishments the opportunity to collabrate amongst themselves to establish exceptable guidelines for retrieval of their shopping carts.	Pass	5:0
2/28/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/28/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/27/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/15/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Appearances: James Carroll, Legislative Reference Bureau. Brandon Schulz, Grocers Association. Alderman Joseph Dudzik, 11th Aldermanic District.	Pass	3:2
2/8/2007	1	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Ald. Puente, Dudzik and Bohl added as sponsors.
2/7/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/7/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/7/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/6/2007	1	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added
2/2/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/2/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/1/2007	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/26/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO	Pass	15:0
9/14/2006	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	4:0
9/11/2006	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/11/2006	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/8/2006	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/29/2006	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
6/23/2006	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/20/2006	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
060341
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN, ALD, PUENTE, ALD. DUDZIK, ALD. BOHL AND ALD. BAUMAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to abandonment of shopping carts.
Sections
81-105.5 cr
81-105.6 cr
110-36 rc
Analysis
This ordinance requires business establishments utilizing shopping carts or similar devices and having more than 25 shopping carts on-site to install and maintain a system of retaining the shopping carts within the property boundaries of the business establishments. The ordinance also requires business establishments utilizing shopping carts or similar devices that have had a total of 150 or more shopping carts collected by the department pubic works in the preceding 6 or 12 months to install and maintain a wheel locking system of retaining the shopping carts within the property boundaries of the business establishments. The ordinance also establishes fees related to the retrieval, storage and disposal of abandoned shopping carts. This ordinance takes effect January 1, 2008.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 81-105.5 of the code is created to read:

81-105.5. Shopping Cart Retrieval Fee. 1. The fee for retrieval of shopping carts from the designated holding location shall be $25 for each of the first 3 carts and $40 for each additional cart thereafter. The fee shall be effective within 5 working days following the mailing of the notice by first class mail to the owner’s last known address.

Part 2. Section 81-105.5 of the code is created to read:

81-105.6. Shopping Cart Storage Fee. 1. The fee for the storage of each cart at the designated holding location shall be in the amount $5 per cart per day.

Part 3. Section 110-36 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

110-36. Shopping Carts Retention. 1. DEFINITIONS. In this section:
a. Business establishment means a grocery store, supermarket, drugstore, pharmacy, dry goods store, department...