Retail shops in Phoenix face a deadline this week to confirm efforts to keep shopping carts on site and avoid a $500 minimum fine.
Thursday’s deadline stems from a new Phoenix ordinance tied to the city’s shopping cart retrieval program that lets residents report abandoned carts.
The city already charges a per-cart fee for returns.
And now stores with carts have to share detailed information with city officials as part of a yearly certification.
Stores must either use locking wheel systems, or have launched a management plan to keep carts from leaving their property and ensure quick retrieval if they do.
Homeless people often use shopping carts to carry their possessions.
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