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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT Council Meeting of March 16, 1999 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members APPROVAL: Henry T. Garcia, City Manager FROM: Daryl J. Parrish, Assistant City Manager 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. 0-04-99 DATE: March 9, 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. 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 administrative procedures if such abandoned carts are not collected by the owner within a specified amount of time. The redemption fee shall be established by City Council Resolution and may be adjusted from time to time. Staff suggests the redemption fee initially be set at $50.00 and will bring forward a resolution to that effect. Persons found to be in violation of Ordinance Sections 6.18.050 (removal, possession and/or alteration of carts) shall be guilty of an infraction and will be subject to fines. Highlights of the proposed Ordinance are as follows: ❑ Upon adoption of this Ordinance it will be unlawful to remove any cart from a parking facility without the prior written consent of the owner of such cart. It will also be unlawful to possess any cart that has been removed from a parking facility without the written consent of the owner of such cart.