Whenever the following terms are used in this chapter, they shall mean the following.
(A) “Cart” means a shopping cart or laundry cart as defined in this section.
(B) “Enforcement officer” means individual employed or otherwise charged by the city to enforce codes, ordinances, mandates, regulations, resolutions, rules or other laws adopted by the city.
(C) “Laundry cart” means a plastic or metal basket or container mounted on wheels or a similar device, intended for transporting clothing or other fabrics and cleaning supplies within a laundry or cleaning establishment or the owner’s parking facility.
(D) “Owner” means the owner of the shopping cart or laundry cart, his or her agent or the business establishment which furnishes the cart for use.
(E) “Owner’s parking facility” means an area intended for the parking of vehicles by customers, clients or patrons of a business establishment which owns or controls carts and makes them available for use by its customers. The parking facility of a business establishment located in a multistoried complex or shopping center shall include the entire parking area used by the complex or center.
(F) “Prevention plan” means a specific plan to prevent customers from removing carts from the business premises or owner’s parking facility.
(G) “Private property” means any property not owned or maintained by the city.
(H) “Public property” means property owned or maintained by the city.
(I) “Shopping cart” means a plastic or metal basket or container mounted on wheels, or a similar device, intended for transporting goods of any kind within a business establishment or the owner’s parking facility.
(J) “Stray cart” means a shopping cart or laundry cart located outside of its owner’s parking facility without the written consent of the owner.
(`78 Code, § 8.36.040.) (Ord. 3279 § 3 (part), 2018; Ord. 2313 § 1 (part), 1997; Ord. 2255 § 1 (part), 1995.)