Section 160A-205.6 - [Multiple Versions] Limitations on regulations of auxiliary containers; shopping carts(a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, no city may adopt an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or rule to:(1) Restrict, tax, charge a fee, prohibit, or otherwise regulate the use, disposition, or sale of an auxiliary container.(2) Regulate the use of shopping carts, including the imposition of a fee or fine on a business for failure to take possession of a shopping cart that was removed from the premises of the business.(b) A city is authorized to: (1) Operate a recycling program, a composting program, and a solid waste disposal program as authorized by law.(2) Regulate the use of auxiliary containers on property owned or maintained by the city.(c) The following definitions shall apply in this section:(1) Auxiliary container. - A bag, cup, package, container, bottle, device, or other packaging made of cloth, paper, plastic, foamed plastic, fiber, expanded plastic, cardboard, corrugated material, aluminum, glass, post-consumer recycled material, or similar coated or laminated material that is designed for the consumption, transportation, or protection of merchandise, food, or beverage at a food service facility, manufacturing facility, distribution facility, processing facility, or retail facility.(2) Shopping cart. - As defined in G.S. 14-72.3(a)(1).N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-205.6
Added by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 134,s. 5.9-e, eff. 9/22/2023.