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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT Council Meeting of May 4, 1999 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council jempers APPROVAL: Henry T. Garcia, City Manager AV FROM: Daryl J. Parrish, Assistant City Manager i:F' SUBJECT: Consider. Waive Full Reading and Pass First Reading of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 6.18 to the Colton Municipal Code Regulating Shopping Carts and Laundry Carts, ORDINANCE NO. 0-D6'~97(ff) DATE: April 23,1999 BACKGROUND: Recently the City Council directed staff to bring forward an ordinance for consideration to combat the accumulation and storage of abandoned shopping and laundry carts throughout the City of Colton. On March 16, 1999 the proposed ordinance brought before the City Council was pulled from the agenda to be reviewed by a committee and discussed with businesses that would be effected if such an ordinace were adopted. The "committee consisting of Council Members Bennett, Chastain and Cook and Police Chief Pat Crowe and Assistant City Manager Daryl Parrish first met on March 29, 1999. The proposed ordinance was discussed and notification was prepared to inform those businesses potentially effected of a committee meeting that was scheduled for April 8, 1999. The attached notification was sent with a copy of the proposed ordinance to the names on the attached list. Present at the April 8, 1999 committee meeting were District Managers Steve Landry and Bill Kemper from Stater Brothers Markets and Store Manager Jeff Hochaday from Wal-Mart. Additionally, staff discussed the proposed ordinance by telephone with a representative of the California Grocer's Association. The representatives of Stater Brothers, Wal-Mart and the California Grocer's Association were all supportive of the proposed ordinance. Attached is the document drafted by the City Attorney and staff that creates the authority for us to effectively mitigate the blight created throughout the community when shopping carts and laundry carts are removed form their proper places and abandoned. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS- The ordinance under consideration declares that the unauthorized use, accumulation and storage of abandoned shopping carts and laundry carts on any parcel of land within the City constitutes a public nuisance. The ordinance will create a vehicle for City staff to collect and store abandoned shopping carts and laundry carts from public and private property (with the consent of the owner, or by warrant) providing that proper notification is given. The ordinance also provides the opportunity for the city to assess a redemption and storage fee to cover all costs of removal, storage and related Item # I