§ 4-16.104. Rules and Regulations, Enforcement.

(a)

The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by the City Manager and Directors, and their designees. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate and implement rules, regulations and procedures necessary or appropriate for enforcement of this chapter, which rules are to be approved by resolution of the City Council. The City Manager shall designate, maintain and advertise a public "hotline" for the intake of information concerning abandoned shopping carts.

(b)

At the end of each business day, the City shall fax a list of reported abandoned carts to the appropriate cart retrieval service, as registered with the City, as well as to the businesses from which the carts originated, if requested.

(c)

Whenever possible, all City field employees are to report the location of abandoned shopping carts as they find them.

(d)

In addition to the provisions and requirements of this chapter, the City Council may, from time to time, by resolution, establish additional rules and regulations concerning programs, practices and regulations pertaining to shopping cart storage and retrieval.

(e)

In addition to inspection authority set forth in Section 1-6.104, the Director is hereby authorized to enter into, on or upon any public property to examine a shopping cart or parts thereof, or to obtain information as to the identity of the owner of any shopping cart, or to retrieve shopping carts in accordance with the provisions of this part. As used herein, "public property" includes the outdoor common area of any building, business premises, apartment building or complex, or other premises or portion thereof which is adjacent to public property, open to the public, and which contains a shopping cart or shopping carts visible at street or ground level from the adjacent public property.

(Ord. 3486-C.S., § 1, effective 6-5-08)