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Originally published Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 10:52 AM

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Bellevue to stores: round up stray shopping carts or face fines

The Bellevue City Council unanimously approved a new shopping cart ordinance Monday night, voting 5-0 to start fining stores that refuse to collect abandoned shopping carts.

The Bellevue City Council unanimously approved a new shopping cart ordinance Monday night, voting 5-0 to start fining stores that don't collect their abandoned shopping carts.

The ordinance also would make taking a cart more than 100 feet from retail property a civil infraction, and would require signs to educate people about the law.

Taking a labeled cart from retail property is already a misdemeanor theft under state law.

Stray shopping carts are a particular problem in the Crossroads area, where they are wheeled from the mall and abandoned at bus stops, in apartment complexes and on sidewalks.

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Comments (38)
Just arrest anyone (any age) caught with a cart. It is stolen property is it not? If enough people get arrested and or fined, maybe people will get...  Posted on July 7, 2009 at 11:44 AM by dame judith. Jump to comment
I've seen technology that solves this problem implemented down here in Cali since I moved from Seattle. There is a locking mechanism they put...  Posted on July 7, 2009 at 11:52 AM by SeaninS.D.. Jump to comment
This doesn't make sense. Carts are provided by stores to aid people who shop there. People steal carts, and the stores get fined for not...  Posted on July 7, 2009 at 12:16 PM by jshindl. Jump to comment

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