Except as expressly set forth herein, the following words and terms as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:
.010 “City” means the City of Anaheim, California.
.020 “Community Preservation Manager” means the Community Preservation Manager of the City.
.030 “Enforcement personnel” means any police officer or community preservation officer employed by the City of Anaheim.
.040 “Laundry cart” means a basket which is mounted on wheels and used in a coin-operated laundry or dry-cleaning retail establishment by a customer or an attendant for the purpose of transporting fabrics and the supplies necessary to process them.
.050 “Lost, stolen or abandoned shopping cart” means a shopping cart which is either (i) removed from the premises of a retail establishment by any person without the written permission or consent of the owner of the shopping cart or the retailer otherwise entitled to possession of such cart, or (ii) left unattended, discarded or abandoned upon any public or private property other than the premises of the retail establishment from which the shopping cart was removed, regardless of whether such shopping cart was removed from the premises with the permission of the owner. For purposes of this chapter, any shopping cart located on any public or private property other than the premises of the retail establishment from which such shopping cart was removed shall be presumed lost, stolen or abandoned, even if in the possession of any person, unless such person in possession thereof either (i) is the owner, or any employee or authorized agent of the owner, entitled to possession of said shopping cart, (ii) is an officer, employee or agent of a cart retrieval service hired by the owner to retrieve such carts, (ii) is an enforcement officer retrieving, storing or disposing of said cart pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 7.50 of this Code, or (iii) has written permission or consent to be in possession of said shopping cart from the owner entitled to possession of said shopping cart.
.060 “Owner” means any owner, manager, or operator of any retail establishment.
.070 “Parking area” means a parking lot or other property provided by a retail establishment for the use of customers of said retail establishment for parking of customer vehicles. The parking area of a retail establishment located in a multistore complex or shopping center shall include the entire parking area used by the multistore complex or shopping center.
.080 “Premises” means any building, property or other area upon which any retail establishment business is conducted or operated in the City of Anaheim, including the parking area provided for customers of such retail establishment.
.090 “Retail establishment” means any business located in the City of Anaheim which offers or provides shopping carts for the use of the customers of such business regardless of whether such business is advertised or operated as a retail or wholesale business, and regardless of whether such business is open to the general public, or is a private club or business, or is a membership store.
.100 “Shopping cart” or “cart” means a basket which is mounted on wheels or a similar device generally used in a retail establishment by a customer for the purpose of transporting goods of any kind. The term “shopping cart” or “cart” includes a laundry cart. (Ord. 6013 § 1 (part); February 7, 2006.)