§ 40A-7. Shopping baskets.

If a shopping basket is removed by the Superintendent of Highways from any public place within the Town, as provided for in § 40A-4 hereof, it may be redeemed only in accordance with the following:

A. 

If the shopping basket displays the name and address of the owner, the Superintendent of Highways shall send notice of such removal to such owner by ordinary mail advising of such removal, the facility to which it was removed and the amount necessary to redeem such shopping basket.

B. 

Any such shopping basket removed from public places within the Town may be redeemed by the owner thereof within 14 business days of the date of mailing of said notice by payment to the Town Clerk, during regular business hours of said office, of the sum of $100.

C. 

The Town Clerk shall require satisfactory proof of ownership or lawful right to possession of the shopping basket prior to release. Any return of a shopping basket by the Town Clerk to a person claiming same pursuant to this section shall be an absolute defense to the Town against any other person claiming same.

D. 

If the shopping basket is not redeemed within said 14 days, or if it does not display the name and address of the owner, it shall be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of § 40A-6 of this chapter.

Editor's Note: This local law also renumbered former §§ 40A-7 and 40A-8 as §§ 40A-8 and 40A-9, respectively.

Added 9-4-2007 by L.L. No. 8-2007