The city may exercise the following remedies:
A. Pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 22435.7, any owner that fails to retrieve its abandoned cart(s) within three (3) business days after receiving notice from the city, shall pay the city's administrative costs for retrieving the cart(s) and providing the notification to the owner. Any owner who fails to retrieve abandoned carts in accordance with this chapter in excess of three (3) times during a specified six (6)-month period shall be subject to a fifty dollar ($50) fine for each occurrence. An occurrence includes all carts owned by the owner that impounded by the city a one (1)-day period.
B. If a cart is not retrieved by its owner within thirty (30) days after the owner has received notice of the cart being impounded, including a failure to pay costs and fines, or if the cart's owner cannot be determined, the cart will be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the city sees fit.
C. Following the city having retrieved more than ten (10) carts in any thirty (30)-day period or the issuance of more than ten (10) administrative citations in any twelve (12)-month period, the Director of Community Development may require the owner to install a physical containment system.
(Ord. 2017-06 § 2 (part), 2017: Ord. 2013-05, 2013)