(a) If the city retrieves a cart, the city shall hold the cart at a location that is reasonably convenient to the owner/retailer and is open for business at least six hours of each business day.
(b) If the cart is not retrieved by the owner/retailer within 30 days after the owner has received notice via telephone or email, or other written correspondence, of the cart being impounded, or if the cart's owner cannot be determined within 30 days after the cart has been impounded, the cart may be sold or destroyed by the city.
(c) The city may impose an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed $50.00 for each occurrence in excess of three during a specified six month period, in which a city retrieves a cart under the circumstances set forth in Section 3.76.060. An occurrence includes all shopping carts impounded in a one day period. No cart shall be released to the owner/retailer unless the owner/retailer pays a fee for the city's actual costs to retrieve and store the cart. (Ord. 938 § 2 (part), 2016)