Duarte Municipal Code Section 9.70

Beginning August 28, 2009, the City of Duarte adopted an ordinance to deal with the problems of abandoned shopping and laundry carts. Per Duarte Municipal Code 9.70, no person may remove, alter, convert or tamper with any cart belonging to a business. Furthermore, every business must have a cart retention and retrieval program.

Business Enforcement

Under the ordinance, businesses are required to implement and maintain a cart retention and retrieval program. Failure of a business to maintain a cart program may result in fines ranging from $100 to $500 for each occurrence. In addition, if a cart is not retrieved by the business and is subsequently retrieved by the City, the businesses may be charged $110 per cart fee.

Persons Removing Shopping Cart(s) and or Laundry Cart(s)

Persons found in possession of shopping or laundry cart(s) outside the premises of the owner or caught removing a cart from the business’s parking lot without permission, may be issued a citation. The fine amount for the first offense will be $100, second offense will $200, and $500 for every subsequent offense.

To Report Abandoned Shopping Cart(s)

To report abandoned shopping carts from the following stores: Grocery Outlet email Duarte@GroceryOutlet.com, Big Lots and Home Depot, please contact A & G Cart Retrieval at 213-393-5999.

Rite Aid, Target, 99 cent Only Store, CVS, Smart & Final, please contact RMS/Cartrac at 888-992-4778 or via the RMS website. Harbor Freight, please contact 1800-913-5639 ext. 1 or via the All American Shopping Carts website. Wal-Mart Stores, please contact West Coast Shopping Cart Services via the West Coast Shopping Carts Services' website. Best Buy, please contact 626-305-1839. Please also visit the company’s website to report abandoned shopping carts directly from your mobile device.

For abandoned shopping carts that have no name or are different than the ones stated above, please contact Public Safety Department at 626-357-7938.