The accumulation of wrecked, dismantled or abandoned shopping carts, or parts thereof, on public and private property is found to create a condition tending to reduce property values, to promote blight and deterioration, to constitute a public nuisance, to be aesthetically detrimental to the community and to be injurious to the health, safety and general welfare.
Responsibility for minimizing or eliminating this impact rests with individuals who use shopping carts and the businesses which provide such carts for their patrons. Therefore, pursuant to Cal. Business & Professions Code § 22435.8, effective containment or control of shopping carts shall be mandated, and the presence of wrecked, dismantled or abandoned shopping carts, or parts thereof, on property located outside the premises or parking lot of the business that provided such cart, shall be cause to institute impoundment and abatement procedures in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and of Cal. Business & Professions Code Division 8 Chapter 19 "Shopping Carts."
(Ord. 2010-11 § 2 (part), 2010)