The city council makes the following findings and declarations: The presence of wrecked, dismantled or abandoned shopping carts, or parts thereof, on public or private property is found to create a condition tending to reduce property values, impede emergency services, promote blight and deterioration, constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, aesthetically detrimental to the community, and injurious to the health, safety and general welfare. Therefore, the presence of wrecked, dismantled or abandoned shopping carts, or parts thereof, on public or private property, is declared to constitute a public nuisance, which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 2001-06-1286 § 1 (part))