Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any shopping cart owner which has retained a shopping cart retrieval service as of the day any of the owner's carts is impounded, and for at least three months prior thereto, shall not be required to pay a tagging and retrieval fee, nor shall the same be subject to the accrual of any civil penalties pursuant to this chapter, provided that throughout such period the city has had written notification that the shopping cart retrieval service has been ready and willing to retrieve any of the owner's abandoned shopping carts within twenty-four hours of receipt of telephonic notice by the city. The burden of establishing such exemption shall be upon the shopping cart owner.
This exemption shall not apply, however, if, on three or more prior occasions within a one-year period, the city has informed a designated shopping cart retrieval service of the presence of an abandoned shopping cart and the same has not been removed by the service within twenty-four hours of the city's notification.
(Ord. 516 § 2 (part), 1997).