This chapter is adopted pursuant to Business and Professions Code Sections 22435 through 22435.8 and the city’s general police powers for the purpose of regulating and prohibiting the removal of shopping carts from the premises of retail establishments, including designated parking areas, without the authorization or consent of the shopping cart’s owner, and to regulate the retrieval and disposition of abandoned or unattended shopping carts that are found off the premises of retail establishments. (Ord. 1713 § 2, 2022)