A. Pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 22435.7(f), any owner that fails to retrieve the owner’s shopping cart or shopping carts within three business days from the date of being given notice of the cart’s or carts’ discovery and location, or impoundment, by the city, is guilty of a violation of this chapter and may be punished with an administrative fine of fifty dollars for each occurrence in excess of three during the six-month period starting January 1st and ending on June 30th or the six-month period starting July 1st and ending December 31st of each calendar year.

B. In addition to the fines imposed above, the owner shall pay the city’s actual costs for retrieving and storing the owner’s shopping cart or carts except when the owner, or their authorized agent, reclaims their cart or carts within three business days from being given notice of the cart’s or carts’ discovery and location, or impoundment, by the city, in which case, all fines, costs and fees shall be waived. (Ord. 1713 § 2, 2022)