A. Upon the discovery of an unidentified shopping cart on public property, the City or its authorized contractor may remove the cart. Such carts shall be tagged with date and location and shall be impounded for thirty calendar days at a location selected by the City. A claim for a cart shall be presented to the City Administrator or his or her duly authorized representative, and shall be accompanied by proof of ownership of the cart. A person demonstrating proof of ownership of a cart stored by the City shall pay the City's tagging and retrieval fee, as set by City Council resolution, prior to the cart being released.
B. Upon the discovery of any owner identified shopping cart on public property, the City or its authorized contractor may remove the cart and promptly return it to the owner or premises identified thereon, or impound the same for safekeeping and provide actual notice within twenty-four (24) hours following such storage to the owner, or his or her agent, where it may be retrieved at no charge or cost if so retrieved within three business days following the date of actual notice as provided herein. Each such cart shall be tagged with the date and location of impoundment. Pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 22453.7(i), said actual notice given to the owner of any owner identified shopping cart which is impounded pursuant to this section shall further specify the date and time of such impoundment, the cost of retrieval if not so retrieved within three business days following date of actual notice, and that failure to retrieve such cart within thirty calendar days of receipt of such notice may result in the cart being disposed of as permitted by law.
C. This section shall not apply to a cart attended by any person who can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the City or its authorized contractor, ownership of the shopping cart or written permission of the owner, to have the cart in his/her possession.