Chico, California Initiates Shopping Cart Ordinance

November 30th, 2023

The abandoned shopping cart issue has been supplemented with a shopping cart ordinance which would eliminate carts from being left around Chico, and hold retailers responsible.

The ordinance was first presented to the city council in Sept., with the council ruling to begin the enforcement of collecting abandoned shopping carts throughout the city, which the city deemed a threat to public safety. The beginning stages of the plan went underway over the last few weeks.

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