City shopping cart laws pass

The Shelton City Council on Tuesday evening gave final approval to shopping cart ordinances designed to help prevent their theft and abandonment on streets, in the woods and in ravines.

The council gave preliminary approval at its Sept. 3 meeting. The laws goes in effect Jan. 1, 2025. An estimated 300 shopping carts are stolen from Shelton stores each year.

The new requirements do not apply to any business that has 15 or fewer shopping carts or contain less than 3,000 square feet of retail space.

The ordinance requires the bigger stores to have “security measures” to prevent the removal of sho...