(A) Pursuant to Cal. Business and Professions Code § 22435.7(f), any owner failing to retrieve the owner's shopping carts within three days after being notified regarding such shopping cart being off the owner's premises, is guilty of a violation of the Cal. Business and Professions Code and this chapter and may be punished with an administrative fine of $50 for each occurrence in excess of three during the six month periods ending on June 30 and December 31 of each calendar year.
(B) Pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 22435.7(i), any owner failing to reclaim the shopping carts impounded by the city within three business days from the date of actual notice of impoundment is guilty of a violation of the Cal. Business and Professions Code and this chapter and may be punished with an administrative fine of $50 for each occurrence in excess of three during the six month periods ending on June 30 and December 31 of each calendar year.
(C) For purposes of this section, an occurrence includes the retrieval of all shopping carts of an owner in a one day period.
(D) In addition to the fines imposed above, the owner is required to pay the city's actual costs for retrieving and storing the owner's shopping carts except when reclaimed by the owner within three business days.
(Ord. 1094, passed 2-17-04)